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What books about history everyone should read?

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>>9472564
Watch all these videos:
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/history-beginnings/origin-humans-early-societies/v/history-and-prehistory

I would recommend a book on world history but haven't studied it much, maybe google search essential world history or college history textbooks.

>> No.9473151

>>9472631
>watch dumbed down videos made by a nitwit instead of reading a book because i don't know shit about what you're looking for

>> No.9473180

>>9473151
>shit on the person trying to help and instead of contributing actual advice
you're so much better than me anon

>> No.9473192

Read Herodotus, then stop.

>> No.9473200

>>9472631
This unironically, the videos don't go too in depth sure but it is good to have a broad overarching knowledge of world history before you specialize in certain areas/eras so you can put them in their historical context more easily. If the average person watched these videos we would probably live in a better world, not even joking because the amount of ignorance of even basic historical knowledge that many people show is ridiculous, especially in the Information Age.