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CarlManvers2019

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Does anybody know any history books that record history that stretches back to at least Mesopotamia and is about various areas?

I'd like to know about the Roman Empire from beginning to end for example

I'm thinking of listening to Invicta and other guys on YouTube, but got no timeline for everything and I have a sort of obsession with getting things in chronological order

I know, it’s MUCH harder to do compared to fictional lore, but I feel curious
 
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Bear Ribs

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My preferred book series for simple, factual, and easy-to-digest history is H.G. Wells Outline of History. It's hardly the most modern take given it's age but Wells was closer to a lot of that history than we are today and it's refreshingly untainted by pop culture or modern political slant, and is well-written by a master author to be easy for a layman to understand.
 

CarlManvers2019

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My preferred book series for simple, factual, and easy-to-digest history is H.G. Wells Outline of History. It's hardly the most modern take given it's age but Wells was closer to a lot of that history than we are today and it's refreshingly untainted by pop culture or modern political slant, and is well-written by a master author to be easy for a layman to understand.

I’ll keep that in mind


What about this? TBH I bought books from here months ago, but due to what I think to be comparatively short length on the Kindle, I think it’s more of an overview than a full highly detailed list of events and figures and situations
 

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I feel chancy recommending books I never actually read myself but this one was recommended to me since I dig the topic of "World History."



It apparently starts with Sumer and goes right on through to the Roman Battle on Milvian Bridge in 312AD. So it seems like a good guide on what you might want.

Also you should just make an epic chronological playlist of ancient history with videos from BazBattles, Historia Civilis, Invicta, HistoryMarche and Kings & Generals and so forth. Then share it with the rest of the class. (y)
 

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Does anybody know any history books that record history that stretches back to at least Mesopotamia and is about various areas?

I'd like to know about the Roman Empire from beginning to end for example

I'm thinking of listening to Invicta and other guys on YouTube, but got no timeline for everything and I have a sort of obsession with getting things in chronological order

I know, it’s MUCH harder to do compared to fictional lore, but I feel curious

I know it's not quite what you asked but... it's something I've been wanting to do for a while as well. It's almost like a Youtube crossover! Check out the playlist after clicking on that video. 😁



Don't say I never did anything for ya... :p
 

Yinko

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"Will Durant" wrote a series of books that does what you want, called "The Story of Civilization". I think only the first book is outdated, as he was writing at a time when the earliest known homonid was Peking Man. Essentially, he looks at the trail of western civilization from the earliest periods through to about Napoleon.
 

CarlManvers2019

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Have you ever read the Collected Works of George Rawlinson?



It's VERY long file on my Kindle that I got for free on Amazon

The guy died around 1902, so I'm not sure how much of what he knows is accurate
 

Aldarion

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Have you ever read the Collected Works of George Rawlinson?



It's VERY long file on my Kindle that I got for free on Amazon

The guy died around 1902, so I'm not sure how much of what he knows is accurate


No, this is the first time. RE: OP:

Does anybody know any history books that record history that stretches back to at least Mesopotamia and is about various areas?

I'd like to know about the Roman Empire from beginning to end for example

I'm thinking of listening to Invicta and other guys on YouTube, but got no timeline for everything and I have a sort of obsession with getting things in chronological order

I know, it’s MUCH harder to do compared to fictional lore, but I feel curious

If you are interested in military history, there is Warfare in the Ancient Middle East to 1600 BC.

Rome, you have:
A Companion to the Roman Empire
A Legal History of Rome
The History and Fall of the Roman Empire
(Edward Gibbon, so quite old)
History of Rome (by Mommsen, several volumes)

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From beginning to end. I want history books on the oldest civilisations, like Mesopotamia and Egypt

Well, there is the one I noted on warfare. For your topic however, this might help:


 
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CarlManvers2019

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No, this is the first time. RE: OP:



If you are interested in military history, there is Warfare in the Ancient Middle East to 1600 BC.

Rome, you have:
A Companion to the Roman Empire
A Legal History of Rome
The History and Fall of the Roman Empire
(Edward Gibbon, so quite old)
History of Rome (by Mommsen, several volumes)

Honestly, learning Elder Scrolls Lore’s way easier than all of this stuff

When I try pointing that out to my elder brother, he just keeps insisting otherwise
 

CarlManvers2019

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Your older brother is quite amusingly wrong. Real history is always far more complex than any fiction.

Anyway, if you haven't seen edit to my post, I dropped in some Amazon links.

TBF, he was referring to his attempts at educating me to make me take over his job in-general

Guy's not so into Pop Culture or Fiction
 

CarlManvers2019

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Well, there is the one I noted on warfare. For your topic however, this might help:




I have a bunch of these Captivating History books, so they're a good source on things? I keep getting the feeling they're abridged
 

Bear Ribs

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I personally find Adrian Goldsworthy's works on the Roman Empire to be rather excellent. In particular, "Pax Romana" is great because it is a detailed study of how the Roman Empire was governed and life under it.
I'll have to give that a shot, that's a period I want to know more about.

I of course learned my history mainly from television programs but I feel I've done well from them, f'rex I memorized all the monarchs of the UK. First there was King Arthur, and then after him came King Richard the Lionhearted, who Robin Hood bailed out of jail for some reason and then ruled a long time though his ratty brother never got the throne. He was followed by Queen Victoria who seems to have ruled a long time and was apparently a huge prude or maybe just couldn't make up her mind about that since I get told they were prudes and weren't by alternating posters. Then came Queen Elizabeth who revitalized literature and theatre and got a style of furniture named after her and such and is still ruling to this day. There was a period where Margaret Thatcher trie to depose her and rule England but nobody would call her Queen so Elizabeth got the crown back.

Wait missed one, there was a King Henry who built himself a harem of 8 japanese schoolgirls and then killed them all or something, he probable didn't rule very long and IIRC fit between the queens.He was probably really repressed after Queen Victoria, that would be

So there, history lesson for the night.
 

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