Hello /his/ I'm looking to start learning more about history.

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Middle Ages shit:
General Medieval Histories:
>The Middle Ages- Joseph Dhamus
>The Middle Ages- Morris Bishop
Early Middle Ages:
>Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages 400-1000 AD" - Chris Wickham
>"Rome and the Barbarians" Peter Heather

Crusades:
>The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War For the Holy Land" Thomas Asbridge
>God's War" Christopher Tyre
>Steve Runciman's Crusades Trilogy

The Byzantine Empire
>The Byzantium Trilogy: John Julius Norwhich
>Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire" Judith Herrin
>1453: The Last Days of Constantinople

Islam:
>Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes - Tamim Ansary

>>2215892
Good books on Ancient Egypt.
Black Genesis: The Prehistoric Origins of Ancient Egypt
Civilization or Barbarism – Cheikh Anta Diop
African Origin of Civilization – Cheikh Anta Diop
he Destruction of Black Civilization – Chancellor Williams
Imhotep the African: Architect of the Cosmos

>>2215925
fuck off

>>2215820
Norman cantor's medieval civilization is a decent introduction, though he's a bit of a dipshit and it shows in his writing

>>2215971
>Can't talk about the Middle Ages without brining up the Holocaust

>>2216004
Well the conditions of medieval Jews and their treatment and ghettoization is important in understanding the historical foundations of the holocaust and European anti semitism generally. My biggest problem with him was how he felt the need to give his opinion on everything. His writing comes across as very unprofessional