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 region/culture and preferably timeperiod, please feel free to re-compose your question and submit it again.

Incidentally, this question is a good candidate for /r/AskSocialScience, although note that that sub also requires that the scope of questions be specific.