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0 sats \ 5 replies \ @SatsCats 18 Jan \ on: Compact yet detailed history books history
Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall was a good read.
It is not necessarily about early humans but some good concepts on forming country boundaries.
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @Fabs OP 18 Jan
Is it me or is it a struggle to find books that write about a specific episode of history?
Just now found a book which fits the above "want"; "Magellan, The first circumnavigation of the earth".
Any other books like these you know of?
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @elvismercury 18 Jan
Define specific episode a bit more and I might have some. Magellan's trip is pretty clear, but what would be some others? Like, "the space race", would that be an example? Is "the cultural revolution" too broad?
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Fabs OP 18 Jan
Hm, history from before our time until around the year 1900, but sectioned in smaller books that delve into a specific timeframe.
Books that delve into specific happenings like the exploration and exploitation of the Inca's and Aztec's by Cortéz and the other fella, or something akin to Magellan's trip.
Books that take the specific topics visited by books like Harari's "Sapiens" and delve deeper into these.
It's history-specific books which I find difficult to find something to my liking, for many are books that write about many topics in broad line - like Harari's "Sapiens".
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110 sats \ 1 reply \ @Coyote_Cosmico 18 Jan
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs OP 18 Jan
Yo! That's epic man!
500 pages is quite hefty though... I think it'll wander onto my list for a later read-through.
You sound convincing about the book, anything that's akin to the above, but on the shorter side?
Doesn't have to be about the Inca's per se.
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