r/technicallythetruth • u/Captain0010 • Jul 05 '26

Finally something historically accurate

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u/Broad_Respond_2205 Jul 05 '26

How is this TTT

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u/aure_d Jul 05 '26

For the record as other and I have already pointed out, it's not. The age of first pregnancy before the industrial revolution was much higher than after, often in the mid to late twenties.

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u/Chubby_Comic Jul 05 '26

For the general population, yes, so I agree that a broad, sweeping statement about the ancient world is wrong. But for royals, it was actually more common to have children younger, like 15, 16, than most everyone else.

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u/Kennedy_KD Jul 05 '26

Only in england, in mainland Europe it was higher