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 was expected to marry her husband's brother, thereby keeping wealth and property in the same family (Sheri Stritof). Different periods in different cultures with varied religious beliefs have different definitions of the institution of marriage. For example, in ancient Egypt, the law gave women equal rights to men, but it was not fully enforced and therefore women had too many responsibilities in matters of religion and marriage (Sheri Stritof). Throughout history and even in some cases in today's society, they have arranged the marriages of their children. In arranged marriages, love is not the first thing and the man and woman marry for economic reasons and financial needs. In some cultures, love is not as important as traditions, so families keep traditions as their priority and children should marry the person of their choice. A virtually worldwide wedding tradition is the engagement ring, which 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