. ▁Some ▁cult ures ▁also ▁employ ▁mat ril ine al ▁succession , ▁where ▁property ▁can ▁only ▁pass ▁along ▁the ▁female ▁line , ▁most ▁commonly ▁going ▁to ▁the ▁sister ' s ▁sons ▁of ▁the ▁de ced ent ; ▁but ▁also , ▁in ▁some ▁soci eties , ▁from ▁the ▁mother ▁to ▁her ▁daughters . ▁Some ▁ancient ▁soci eties ▁and ▁most ▁modern ▁states ▁employ ▁eg al itar ian ▁inheritance , ▁without ▁disc rim ination ▁based ▁on ▁gender ▁and / or ▁birth ▁order . ▁ ▁The ▁evolution ▁of ▁inheritance ▁practices ▁in ▁Europe ▁ ▁The ▁right ▁of ▁pat ril ine al ▁prim ogen iture , ▁though ▁w ides p read ▁during ▁medieval ▁and ▁modern ▁times ▁in ▁Europe , ▁doesn ' t ▁seem ▁to ▁have ▁pre va iled ▁so ▁extens ively ▁in ▁ancient ▁times . ▁In ▁Ath ens , ▁according ▁to ▁Dem ost hen es ▁and ▁the ▁La ws ▁of ▁Sol on , ▁the ▁el dest ▁son ▁inherited ▁the ▁house ▁and ▁with ▁it ▁the ▁cult ▁to ▁family ▁ancest ors . ▁Arist ot le ▁spoke ▁about ▁pat ril ine al ▁prim ogen iture ▁during ▁his ▁time ▁in ▁The bes ▁and ▁Cor inth . ▁He ▁also ▁spoke ▁about ▁the ▁revol ts ▁that ▁put ▁an ▁end ▁to ▁it ▁in ▁Mass alia , ▁Ist ros , ▁Her acle a ▁and ▁C n ido ). ▁While ▁Arist ot le ▁was ▁opposed ▁to ▁this ▁right , ▁Pl ato ▁wanted ▁it ▁to ▁become ▁more ▁w ides p read . ▁However , ▁the ▁nature ▁of ▁inheritance ▁practices ▁in ▁An cient ▁Spart a ▁is ▁hot ly ▁deb ated