My knowledge in history is very poor. I want to know some basic history. Please recommend some books that don’t dwell on a single incident or period but rather gives an overview. Preferably, books on medieval history. It would be a plus if the book has beautiful prose.
Thank you.
Sapiens
Not quite fair to call it hogwash, but pretty much every professional historian and academic I’ve heard talk about this book considers it a bad introductory source with dubious credibility. It’s not a good rec.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapiens:_A_Brief_History_of_Humankind#Scholarly_reception
Also I’ve heard of some controversy about Yuval Noah Harari few years ago.
I forgot what it was.