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What are the 'bible of' type books on historical periods for a lazy piece of shit like me who's only willing to sacrifice so much time on the study of history?
I want some educated recommendations on
>pre-history
>ancient (egypt, greek etc)
>chinks
>romans
>byzantium
>dark ages
>medieval yurop
>medieval middle east
>medieval asia
>colonization
>ottomangs
>britbong empire
>19 cen France
>early days of US of A, civil war
I'm assuming 20 century history is an absolute clusterfuck so why bother
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>>8636928
Don't say "wiki" we don't know what you are talking about. The wiki of the board in the sticky? Wikipedia? Another wiki?
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>Hobsbawm
covers 1789-1991 with Age of Revolution, Age of Capitalism, Age of Empire, Age of Extremes. You can back up Age of Revolution with Carlyle's French Revolution for a more personal feel.
>Norwich
Byzantium triology by him or the condensed version (Short History of Byzantium) if you're really stuck for time
>Frankopan
Silk Roads
>Gibbon
Decline and Fall of Roman Empire
>really stuck for time
>Gombrich
Short history of the world
that's a couple thousand pages if you don't go the gombrich route
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>>8636956
>we don't know what you are talking about
speak for yourself retard
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>>8637052
He's right and don't be edgy.
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There's always Will and Ariel Durant. You should be able to find a complete set dirt cheap because nobody wants the bulky hardcopy anymore. Whatever they are asking for it, offer less; they'll take it in a heartbeat and be glad to get the shelf space back.
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