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Anonymous Thu Jun 9 00:57:35 2016 No.8142950 [Reply] [Original]

What books should I read if I want to learn in-depth about western history?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 9 01:00:53 2016 No.8142955 >>8142950 Start with the Greeks.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 9 01:10:23 2016 No.8142978 File: 70 KB, 724x600, ECover_of_History-Fiction_or_Science _Chronology_1,2,3_.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8142950

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 9 02:00:40 2016 No.8143066 >>8142978 Apparently this guy is a delusional Russophile STEMautist.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 9 02:18:16 2016 No.8143081 >>8142955 true

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 9 02:57:53 2016 No.8143132 >>8143066 >ad hominem You can't argue his criticism though.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 9 03:17:54 2016 No.8143172 >>8142950 History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell Covers what you should know really well. Goes from the Greeks to modernity

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 9 03:24:41 2016 No.8143182 >>8142950 age of ... series by hobsbawm is a good starting point if you want to learn about premodern/modern. for everything before that i think youll want to download college textbooks like osborne's classical greece

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 9 03:25:43 2016 No.8143183 >>8143182 just keep in mind hes a marxist

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 9 03:36:52 2016 No.8143216 >>8143172 Russell is trash. Look elsewhere.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 9 03:42:16 2016 No.8143228 File: 48 KB, 400x387, adhom1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8143183 >>8143216