'If you liked it, then you should have put a ring on it.' Just about everyone knows the words of Beyoncé. But where did this tradition come from?
"If you liked it, then you should have put a ring on it." Just about everyone knows the words of Beyoncé. But where did this tradition come from?
When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt, Greeks adopted the tradition of gifting a ring to show devotion. The tradition carried on when the Romans conquered the Greeks. As time went on, the types of rings and motifs shifted. Rings became more popular in the West during World War II. For many years, rings had different types of stones. In 1947, the diamond company De Beers helped popularize a diamond ring thanks to its famous slogan.
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