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. Alternatively, questions of this type can be directed to more appropriate subreddits, such as /r/history or /r/askhistory.

However, a long time ago this wasn't a rule, and we keep a few of those old threads handy to link for the sake of posterity. I would recommend checking those out, and using them to perhaps craft a somewhat more specific one to resubmit!