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Ancient Talman religion had a practice of hand-washing with | Ancient Talman religion had a practice of hand-washing with clean water after coming into contact with bodily fluids, or with water contaminated with bodily fluids. Observing that not following this ritual caused outbreaks of disease probably motivated people to keep this practice, even after the religious motive was gone. | ||
Trician historians recognize this religious ritual as a lucky coincidence that helped make Talma different from other premodern Trician civilizations. In particular, it helped greatly reduce infant mortality in ancient Talma. Combined with the ready availability of silphium on Talma, this contributed to premodern Talman society being relatively gender-egalitarian for an agricultural society: women needed to spend less time being pregnant even though they had to raise many children. | Trician historians recognize this religious ritual as a lucky coincidence that helped make Talma different from other premodern Trician civilizations. In particular, it helped greatly reduce infant mortality in ancient Talma. Combined with the ready availability of silphium on Talma, this contributed to premodern Talman society being relatively gender-egalitarian for an agricultural society: women needed to spend less time being pregnant even though they had to raise many children. | ||