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What are some must-read history books?
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What are some must-read history books?
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>>387901
Herodotus.
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Thucydides.
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>>387901
>Rome
Tacitus - Annals
Suetonius - Caesars
Caesar - Civil War, Gallic War
Gibbon - Decline and Fall
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>>387901
A People's History of the United States
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>>387926
Chuck in Lucan's Civil War as well
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>>387926
>Gibbon - Decline and Fall
not for its factual values and research however, dat shit outdated yo
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>>387901
Thompson. Making of the English Working Class
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>>387901
You can never go wrong with the classics, but if you are looking for more "modern" reading material then try any of the books written by Guizot, Toynbee, and Durant. >>387901
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>>390585
>Durant
Jesus fuck you're a cunt.
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All of them
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>>387979
give me something to fill the void when I finish reading it
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>>390650
This
Start with everything
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