[Immerito]

According to which primary sources is it recorded that Sumerian and Babylonian men, as a culture, did not marry until they had determined the fertility of a prospective wife?

[muawiyah]

The Sumerians, of course, have ALL the primary sources ~ the Babylonians are latecomers (all things considered).

Do you not recall when you would sit your daughter out on the road to receive the coin?

Hmm. Such a short memory.

Even the Bible ~ a really really really recent document by Sumerian standards, condemns the practice.