How should I get educated on history? I've always known

Is there any specific periods you'd like to know about or are you more interested in the general practice of historiography?

Here's what I recommend:

Open wikipedia, read whatever interests you. Wikipedia gets shit on a lot but it tends to provide a very accessible summary to most things, and it's so easy to zero in or zoom out at will (IE "I wanna read about the Holy Roman Empire. Oh, Emperor Ferdinand II sounds interesting. Oh, what's this about the Thirty Years War? Protestant Reformation?" etc.

Once you've found a thing you really like, look for a credible book on the period/subject. More recent ones are good because they usually have pretty good bibliographies that can send you further.

Once you've read a good secondary source and its bibliography, see what sort of primary sources they listed and whether they're translated into English. Then read the primary sources. Lots of history, especially as you go further back, is extrapolated from a relatively finite number of primary sources, and you can generally find good bibliographies and sourcebooks floating about for those too.

Also you can find some free university level lectures online, lectures can be nice if the prof is good.

>>2518823
I'm interested in learning about Rome and Greece and Assyria, stuff like that. I guess "ancient" stuff.
>>2518842
Thanks my man

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>>2518868
Ancient Rome? Fortunately I'm autistically interested in such a topic, so I'll assist you.

You can do a couple options. If you want a biography on the most famous roman in the most famous time period that is both a good introductory work to Roman culture, and a great narrative, than "Caesar: Life of a Colossus" by Adrian Goldsworthy is the place to go (his other books are fantastic reads as well). "Rubicon" by Tom Holland is also an acceptable starting out point as well.

If you like what you're reading, and want to know more about Roman culture, then pick up "Themes in Roman Society and Culture: An Introduction to Ancient Rome". It's the textbook we used in my university course.

Here's a list of bibliographies:
Roman Empire
>http://pastebin.com/ibgv0LH6
Roman Army
>http://pastebin.com/iiyMSsDP
Early Rome to Republic:
>http://pastebin.com/GSnAuyPX

Heres a link to a bunch of PDF's detailing the Roman Army:
https://mega.nz/#F!ZAoVjbQB!iGfDqfBDpgr0GC-NHg7KFQ!8JhxSLJJ
Also, if you have long commutes, pick up a podcast called "A history of Rome". It has set the benchmark on what alot of history podcasts are now doing, and Mike Duncan is a treat. Also the HBO series "Rome" is a great look at the culture and class of Late Republican Rome.


Hope that helps out anon. Have any recommendations for the First World War as an introductory work?

>>2518919
op, i drew that gondola lol
the podcast looks really good, thanks for the reccomendation.
and to answer the world war one question, i just kinda picked up on it through the years, but a good resource might be world war one week by week, it's a youtube channel. only seen a couple of their videos though.

>>2518919
>https://mega.nz/#F!ZAoVjbQB!iGfDqfBDpgr0GC-NHg7KFQ!8JhxSLJJ

Holy shit, this is a goldmine. Thanks for sharing, anon.

>>2518842

Agreed.

>>2518811

OP, I would suggest academia.edu if you bother to look for very specifc articles by keywords. There's also bibliography compilations on some subjects there. Papers on ancient greeks tend to be more in greek, german and french. If you speak other languages, you're set.

This anon's pastebin of bibliographies http://pastebin.com/u/jonstond2

There was a bunch of charts made by one anon, you can see a few here https://archived.moe/his/thread/2512883/#2512883