People have always wanted to protect their properties as well as their families and loved ones. Therefore, laws created marriage to create regulations and protect bloodlines. For example, in ancient Hebrew a woman whose husband was ill had to marry her husband's brother thus keeping wealth and property in the same family (Sheri Stritof). Different time periods in different cultures with varieties of religious beliefs have different definitions on the institution of marriage. For example, in ancient Egypt the law gave women the same rights as men, but it was not fully practiced, so women had too many responsibilities regarding religion and marriage (Sheri Stritof). Throughout history and even in some cases in today's society, they have arranged marriages for their children. In arranged marriages love is not the first thing and the man and woman would marry for economic reasons and financial necessity. In some cultures love is not as important as traditions, so families keep traditions as a priority and children should marry whoever the family chooses. A practically worldwide wedding tradition is the engagement ring that comes from the ancient Romans. The roundness of the ring is believed to represent eternity, so wearing the ring symbolizes a relationship that lasts forever (Sheri