I don't know enough to give you an informed answer however I would recommend you narrow down your question to a specific country (or at least region) and include some sort of time period you're interested in.

You have a really interesting question, I just feel you should be a bit more specific.

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.