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Are there any good books which are both accurate and engaging which talk about human world history? (lemmy.ml)

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Any era is welcome but I'm especially interested in modern history.

I know that having just one book which talks about the history of the whole world would be difficult but let's see if you guys know something (series are welcomed suggestions too).

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I'm always a fan of Edward Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire". Been 20 years since I read it and I still think about some of the stories in that tome