And how prevalent were crimes like murder, theft, etc.? What would punishment be like? An answer that pertains to any tribe is acceptable.

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I was talking history with a friend of mine and he brought up a question. Forgive me for my lack of eras and language, but in the Medieval? times and earlier, he was saying that water wasn't clean and it was safer/easier to drink ales and wines. But in the areas populated by Muslims who don't drink alcohol, what did they do for clean drinking water? He specifically mentioned the Moors.

Since the reported number of comments includes both followups and removed answers, it's hard (impossible?) to tell whether a question has been answered from the front or subreddit page. Would it be possible to have mods and/or questioners add some flair to indicate when at least one decent answer has been posted?

The show aired originally in 1955. Was beating your wife a Ralph thing or rare? Or was it something that happened in almost every household?

The story is set in the Dagestani region during the conflict between Russia and Circassia, Dagestan, and Chechnya in the 1850s. And yet I can't seem to find any reference to "Tavlin," "Tavlinia," or anything that I might guess off the top of my head. Help?

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To me, it seems kinda common sense that cars produced the first traffic laws, but does anyone know if there was anything like registering a vehicle or getting a drivers license or regular traffic laws before motorized vehicles became affordable for Joe Sixpack? Sorry if this is a dumb question.

I'm looking for some good books about the life of Justinian and I figured I'd get the best recommendations from here. So what would the best books about him be?

Sorry, I have a lot of follow up questions, but that's the main one. How many fighters or interceptors escorted the groups of bombers? Were multiple formations used for different results or were the bombers always in the "wedge" shape we see in movies? Lastly, how common was it for one bomber to accidentally drop bombs on top of another? Thank you in advance for you answers.

An awful lot has been written about the Underground Railroad, but I've not seen much about the lives of the former slaves once they reached Canada.

Even the William Still book only makes passing reference to those they helped after they made it out of the country. ("I'm in doing well here in Toronto....can you help me get my wife out?")

Were they welcomed? Ignored? Resented? ("Dey took our jerbs!")

Did they settle in little enclaves of former slaves (as any immigrant group has a tendency to do)? Do any of those enclaves still exist in any form?

Did they receive an education?

Did many come back to the US after emancipation?

Interested to know, as a teacher has asserted this in relation to the general trend towards religious tolerance in England from 1642-89, but I haven't been able to find any evidence to support the claim. The only fact suggesting it may well have been true (AFAIK) was that the United Provinces were generally tolerant, with multiple religious denominations co-existing. Any help?

Many feudal manors grew into towns and cities in the time after the Crusades, but was this because of increased trade (stimulated by contact with the Middle East) in towns which attracted people, or for other reasons that have nothing to do with the Crusades?