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Suggest me some history books. (literature.cafe)
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My knowledge in history is very poor. I want to know some basic history. Please recommend some books that don't dwell on a single incident or period but rather gives an overview. Preferably, books on medieval history. It would be a plus if the book has beautiful prose.

Thank you.

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[–] 7 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Not quite fair to call it hogwash, but pretty much every professional historian and academic I’ve heard talk about this book considers it a bad introductory source with dubious credibility. It’s not a good rec.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapiens:_A_Brief_History_of_Humankind#Scholarly_reception

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