Your question currently covers thousands of years of history all across the Earth, so it's difficult to answer your question. If you can specify a certain time and place (e.g. Middle East ~3000 BC, Northern Canada ~1000 AD), we would be glad to help.

Sorry, we don't allow throughout history questions. These tend to produce threads which are collections of trivia, not the in-depth discussions about a particular topic we're looking for. If you have a specific question about a historical event or period or person, please feel free to re-compose your question and submit it again.