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The History Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

The History Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

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Travel back in time with the latest instalment in the bestselling Big Ideas series。

The History Book charts world history from the dawn of civilisation to the modern culture we live in today。 From the origins of homo-sapiens to the release of Nelson Mandela， from the French Revolution to the Space Race， The History Book is a stunning exploration of the human timeline up to and including modern Islam， the world wide web， and the global financial crisis。

The History Book tackles big historical ideas with stunning visuals， key quotes， and important themes that are woven throughout world history。 Discover events from the assassination of Caesar to World War I and see the people and events come to life with The History Book， perfect for students， adults， or anyone who wants to understand our fascinating past。

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Marius CEO ，

A lovely compendium of tales， facts and events。

Vero ，

Gave up， just couldn't really bring myself to shoulder through it。 Not enough mental capacity at the moment to learn。 Gave up， just couldn't really bring myself to shoulder through it。 Not enough mental capacity at the moment to learn。 。。。more

Jaye Card ，

A great and easy to understand overview of human history， with a lot of focus on the context of major historical events， like changes in society and events preceding it。 I learned about new events I hadn't really learned about before， but more than that， the book made me understand how different historical events were connected， how they influenced the world afterwards， and why they're still relevant today。 I'd also like to mention that this book does not make the mistake of focusing too central A great and easy to understand overview of human history， with a lot of focus on the context of major historical events， like changes in society and events preceding it。 I learned about new events I hadn't really learned about before， but more than that， the book made me understand how different historical events were connected， how they influenced the world afterwards， and why they're still relevant today。 I'd also like to mention that this book does not make the mistake of focusing too centrally on European history but history from all over the world （there are areas favoured a bit more by the book， but I figure that has to do with a lack of historical records in the first place for one reason or another）。I really enjoyed reading this and generally found it a really light read in terms of focus and language， I pretty much flew through the pages。 A huge recommend for anyone looking for a start into the topic of history。 。。。more

Finz ，

in short a history overview ，

Peter Chan ，

A must-have world history bookAny person who wants to know the world history must read this。 It succeeds in achieving its goal in the book title。 It succinctly tells what we human beings have done throughout their time， across various places on the globe。You can even get more， if you read it along with a timetable of history （I have a book like this）， or prepare your own one when reading it （which is what I did）。 You can visualise more on what really happened across the world at any point of his A must-have world history bookAny person who wants to know the world history must read this。 It succeeds in achieving its goal in the book title。 It succinctly tells what we human beings have done throughout their time， across various places on the globe。You can even get more， if you read it along with a timetable of history （I have a book like this）， or prepare your own one when reading it （which is what I did）。 You can visualise more on what really happened across the world at any point of history， and it’s subsequent impact。 。。。more

William Schram ，

"The History Book Big Ideas Simply Explained" does what it says on the cover。 History to me has always been names and dates。 A problem arises when you realize that other people were there too， in the background。 For example， you might know about the Battle of Hastings in 1066， but how did it affect the people living in the area？ What about other countries and their histories and cultures？The book covers a wide swath of history。 It goes by approximate dates and then moves on to precise dates。 Con "The History Book Big Ideas Simply Explained" does what it says on the cover。 History to me has always been names and dates。 A problem arises when you realize that other people were there too， in the background。 For example， you might know about the Battle of Hastings in 1066， but how did it affect the people living in the area？ What about other countries and their histories and cultures？The book covers a wide swath of history。 It goes by approximate dates and then moves on to precise dates。 Contained within these pages are the rise and fall of several empires。 Some events are beyond our current ability to discover。 For example， we know some things about the Minoan civilization， but we still know next to nothing of their writing script。The book covers up to 2011。 The last event is the population surpassing 7 billion people。 It stops going chronologically in the Modern Era section。 It jumps to and fro from events like the First Webpage in 1991 and the 9/11 Attacks in 2001。 It probably went by countries， and I didn't notice。The History Book is excellent for several reasons。 Firstly， it talks about countries with which I was not familiar。 Secondly， it has tons of images and graphs to demonstrate the ideas。 Finally， the book is portioned out in easily digestible chunks。 。。。more

David ，

Capsules of historyShort narratives of important historical events。 World history in a nutshell。 A great intro to all of history from pre-Greek to the present。

Elizzy ，

Letztens habe ich meine Bücherregale durchgesehen und dabei sechs Bücher wieder entdeckt， die mich eine ganze Zeit lang sehr begeistert haben。 Sie haben mich nicht nur begeistert， sondern auch smarter gemacht。Ich hatte beim Lesen richtige “Aha-Erlebnisse” und möchte nun diese sechs Bücher mit euch teilen。Neugier ist der Beginn allen Lernens。– Boris JägerDer DK Verlag hat eine ganze Reihe unter der Kategorie “Big Ideas” an Büchern rund um das Thema Wissen。 Egal zu welchem Themengebiet， hier finde Letztens habe ich meine Bücherregale durchgesehen und dabei sechs Bücher wieder entdeckt， die mich eine ganze Zeit lang sehr begeistert haben。 Sie haben mich nicht nur begeistert， sondern auch smarter gemacht。Ich hatte beim Lesen richtige “Aha-Erlebnisse” und möchte nun diese sechs Bücher mit euch teilen。Neugier ist der Beginn allen Lernens。– Boris JägerDer DK Verlag hat eine ganze Reihe unter der Kategorie “Big Ideas” an Büchern rund um das Thema Wissen。 Egal zu welchem Themengebiet， hier findet man bestimmt ein Buch， welches den Wissensdurst stillen möchte。Ich habe ja letztes Jahr herausgefunden， dass ich ein sogenannter Scanner-Typ bin und somit mich für sehr vieles interessiere und auch schnell viel neues lernen möchte。 Dafür sind diese Bücher ideal！Die sechs Themengebiete， die mich also aktuell am meisten interessieren sind: Psychologie， Philosophie， Wissenschaft， Astronomie， Geschichte und wie könnte es anders sein; Literatur。Knowledge is the most valuable skill you can sell。– Barack ObamaWissenschaft ist nur etwas für Wenige？ Ganz sicher nicht！ Die menschliche Geschichte ist eine Geschichte des Forschens。 Wir haben schon immer versucht， auf alles eine Antwort zu finden。 „Das Wissenschaftsbuch“ liefert einen ergreifenden Überblick über die Geschichte und die Entwicklung der Naturwissenschaften。Von ihren Anfängen 600 v。 Chr。 über die Erweiterung unseres Horizonts von 1700 bis 1800 bis hin zu vertieften neuen Erkenntnissen der letzten 50 Jahre werden die wichtigsten Theorien der Physik， Chemie， Biologie und Geowissenschaft anschaulich vorgestellt。 Dabei wird auf spannungsreiche Art und Weise auf Experimente und Beobachtungen eingegangen。 Sie führten schließlich zu gewaltigen neuen Erkenntnissen！In diesem innovativen Astronomie-Buch werden astronomische Theorien， die Geschichte der Raumfahrt und über 100 zentrale Ideen der Astronomie galaktisch-gut erklärt。 Schritt-für-Schritt-Diagramme， witzige Illustrationen und tolle Fotografien visualisieren komplexe Sachverhalte anschaulich und verständlich。 Außerdem machen Sie Bekanntschaft mit den berühmtesten Wissenschaftlern des Universums！ Einsteins Relativitätstheorie durchschauen， die Geheimnisse schwarzer Löcher ergründen， den Urknall verstehen und die Biografie von Stephen Hawking kennen lernen: Jeder， der die Wissenschaft hinter Sternen， Planeten oder dem Sonnensystem begreifen will， braucht dieses ausgezeichnete Astronomie-Buch。 Es blickt in den Himmel und lädt dazu ein， den Weltraum genau zu betrachten und gedanklich auf der Milchstraße spazieren zu gehen。Dieses umfassende Nachschlagewerk präsentiert die größten Meisterwerke， Romanhelden und Schriftsteller der Literaturgeschichte – von Fitzgeralds großen Gatsby über Goethes Faust bis zu Shelleys Frankenstein。 Welche Bedeutung hat der weiße Wal in Moby-Dick？ Wie funktioniert die Erzähltechnik des Bewusstseinsstroms？ Und was haben Lolita und Uhrwerk Orange gemeinsam？ Begeben Sie sich mit diesem Buch auf eine faszinierende Entdeckungstour durch über 100 Bücher aus aller Welt， die das literarische Leben nachhaltig geprägt haben。 Beeindruckende Abbildungen， inspirierende Autoren-Zitate und detaillierte Handlungszusammenfassungen machen Literatur greifbar。 Interessante Kurzbiografien der bedeutendsten Schriftsteller und Schriftstellerinnen sowie anschauliche Erklärungen der gesellschaftlichen Hintergründe helfen außerdem dabei， die Bedeutung einzelner Literaturstücke zu vertiefen。Warum hat die Demokratie ihren Ursprung im alten Griechenland？ Wie eroberten die Spanier Süd- und Mittelamerika？ Was brachte die Berliner Mauer zu Fall？ In diesem Buch finden Sie die Antworten auf diese und viele weitere spannende Fragen der Weltgeschichte。 Erwecken Sie die bedeutendsten historischen Augenblicke zum Leben und entdecken Sie die Faszination Geschichte hautnah！Ob die Ermordung Julius Cäsars， Luthers Thesen von 1517 oder die Erfindung des Internets – auf diesen Seiten finden Sie die wichtigsten geschichtlichen Fakten versammelt auf den Punkt gebracht und ansprechend visualisiert durch zahlreiche Fotos， Diagramme und Piktogramme。 Hier werden keinen trockenen Daten oder Jahreszahlen aufgezählt， sondern Sie erfahren auch die Hintergründe und treibenden Ideen hinter einzelnen prägenden Ereignissen der Vergangenheit。 Was ist Gerechtigkeit？ Wie wissen wir， was wir wissen？ Was macht ein sinnvolles Leben aus？ Mit Fragen wie diesen haben sich viele Philosophen auseinandergesetzt und Ideen formuliert， die unsere Welt beeinflusst und verändert haben。 Das Philosophie-Buch führt durch über 2000 Jahre philosophisches Denken und erklärt über 100 große Ideen berühmter Denker – von Platon über Heidegger bis Derrida。 Chronologisch geordnete Portraits liefern Informationen zum Leben der einzelnen Philosophen und ihren Hauptwerken。 Außerdem wird jede Kernthese durch übersichtliche Querverweise in einen historischen Zusammenhang gestellt。 So werden beispielsweise ihre Vordenker und Schüler ersichtlich。 Bekannte und unbekannte Zitate wie “Der Zweck rechtfertigt die Mittel” oder “Die Welt war nicht immer da” kombiniert mit einer unkonventionellen Gestaltung der Seiten machen Lust auf ein oft als abstrakt und komplex eingeschätztes Thema。Was macht unsere Persönlichkeit aus， wie treffen wir Entscheidungen und wie prägt unsere Kindheit unser Verhalten？ Mit diesen Fragestellungen beschäftigt sich dieses Psychologie-Buch: Über 100 wichtige psychologische Theorien und Konzepte werden hier anschaulich， innovativ und verständlich mit Illustrationen， Diagrammen und Fotografien erklärt sowie die Biografien bedeutsamer Psychologen in Porträts vorgestellt。 Die “Big Ideas” Reihe ist sehr übersichtlich aufgebaut。 Man findet gleich zu Beginn ein Inhaltsverzeichnis und kann sich so auch nur mit dem Thema beschäftigen， dass einen gerade brennend interessiert。Die Infos werden meiner Meinung nach klar und strukturiert vermittelt und man lernt auf jeder Seite viel Neues dazu。 Ich hätte mir ja solche Bücher zu meiner Schulzeit gewünscht。Welche Themengebiete interessieren euch besonders？ Und bildet ihr euch darin selbst fort？Für mich persönlich ist dies sehr wichtig， denn nur weil man die Schule oder das Studium beendet hat， heisst das nicht， dass man nicht weiter Dinge lernen kann。 Alles was man mehr weiss oder vertieft， wird einen auf irgendeine Weise bestimmt weiter bringen。RAN AN DIE BÜCHER， 。。。more

Vasilis Philologist ，

Από μικρό παιδί είχα ένα πάθος για τα βιβλία που παρέχουν συμπυκνωμένη και εκλαϊκευμένη γνώση。 Δεν ξέρω αν ήταν ένα φιλαναγνωσιακό φετίχ ή το κυνήγι μιας ψυχαναγκαστικής ευρυμάθειας， αλλά άτλαντες， αλμανάκ πάσης φύσης， λευκώματα， ακόμη και καζαμίες， ακόμη και σήμερα μου προκαλούν ένα σκίρτημα， μόνο που πλέον ενεργώ περισσότερο ως συλλέκτης παρά ως αναγνώστης。 Στη συγκεκριμένη περίπτωση πάντως ακολούθησα τη δεύτερη ατραπό。 Εδώ λοιπόν έχουμε ένα από τα βιβλία μιας επιτυχημένης （στο εξωτερικό τουλά Από μικρό παιδί είχα ένα πάθος για τα βιβλία που παρέχουν συμπυκνωμένη και εκλαϊκευμένη γνώση。 Δεν ξέρω αν ήταν ένα φιλαναγνωσιακό φετίχ ή το κυνήγι μιας ψυχαναγκαστικής ευρυμάθειας， αλλά άτλαντες， αλμανάκ πάσης φύσης， λευκώματα， ακόμη και καζαμίες， ακόμη και σήμερα μου προκαλούν ένα σκίρτημα， μόνο που πλέον ενεργώ περισσότερο ως συλλέκτης παρά ως αναγνώστης。 Στη συγκεκριμένη περίπτωση πάντως ακολούθησα τη δεύτερη ατραπό。 Εδώ λοιπόν έχουμε ένα από τα βιβλία μιας επιτυχημένης （στο εξωτερικό τουλάχιστον σειράς） τα οποία θεραπεύουν κάθε φορά έναν συγκεκριμένο τομέα （λογοτεχνία， επιστήμες， φιλοσοφία， κ。ο。κ。）。 Σε μια πραγματικά πολυτελή έκδοση που θα στοιχημάτιζες ότι θα κόστιζε τα διπλά， μια επιστημονική ομάδα καυχιέται ότι καλύπτει ακροθιγώς όλη την πολυδαίδαλη πορεία του ανθρώπου στη Γη。 Προφανώς εδώ ξεπηδάει κάθε είδους κλισέ του τύπου «η ιστοριογραφία ποτέ δεν είναι απολύτως αντικειμενική» μπλα μπλα και όντως ισχύει εν μέρει。 Επίσης， η εθνικότητα της επιστημονικής ομάδας του συγκεκριμένου πονήματος επηρεάζει σαφώς το ποια γεγονότα κάθε περιόδου κρίνονται σημαντικά για το παγκόσμιο στερέωμα。 Η προσπάθεια όμως είναι αξιοπρεπέστατη， καλύπτει πολλές πτυχές （πολεμική， κοινωνική， πολιτική， οικονομική）， ενώ και τα σχόλια τις περισσότερες φορές είναι ιδιαίτερα προσεγμένα αν και λίγο επιτηδευμένα ουδέτερα。 Δεν απευθύνεται σίγουρα σε όσους στερούνται βασικές ιστορικές γνώσεις， αφού αυτού του είδους η κατακερματισμένη γνώση προϋποθέτει ένα στοιχειώδες υπόβαθρο。 Δεν ξέρω αν θεωρείται καλό ζέσταμα για όσους συμμετέχουν σε τηλεπαιχνίδια γνώσεων， αποτελεί όμως ένα πρώτης τάξεως φρεσκάρισμα γνώσεων που «νομίζαμε ότι είχαμε αλλά έχουμε ξεχάσει» και κλείνοντάς το， σίγουρα σου απομένει μια αρκούντως σφαιρική εικόνα από το μέχρι σήμερα ανθρώπινο αποτύπωμα στον πλανήτη。 。。。more

Replicant ，

Bigotry and prejudice against Christianity is pervasive throughout the book。 It is too bad the writers could not have presented history without Christian bashing。 They seemingly are ignorant of Humes error。

KingSolomon ，

I won’t get deeply into the misinformation provided regarding Jewish history， as I saw another well-informed party do so。 I also saw another （a priest） confused by how they got basics of the Protestant vs。 Catholic rivalry wrong， wanting to know if this is true about other fields of the book， because if so， how can we trust any of the material？ Being that History is a factual subject！ I highly agree， and sadly I can confirm that facts are misrepresented。 I just want to mention the one though。 T I won’t get deeply into the misinformation provided regarding Jewish history， as I saw another well-informed party do so。 I also saw another （a priest） confused by how they got basics of the Protestant vs。 Catholic rivalry wrong， wanting to know if this is true about other fields of the book， because if so， how can we trust any of the material？ Being that History is a factual subject！ I highly agree， and sadly I can confirm that facts are misrepresented。 I just want to mention the one though。 They assert that Chizkiya the king of Judah repelled a gargantuan force of Assyrians outside his gates through （what we believe to be） divine assistance。 This is true。 But They then go on to presumptuously claim that this incited Judaism to get on board the Monotheism train。 Is that a joke？Any amateur student of history will tell you Judaism was the first Monotheistic religion， inspiring Christianty eras later and even farther along， Islam。 A cursory， and I mean a first-grade-level glance at the canonized bible will tell you that we became a monotheistic nation in the time of Abraham。 Eras before Chizkiyahu。 Abraham was the first to enter the land of Israel， the progenitor of the Jewish people and Monotheism， and was the precursor for the subsequent sovereign nation to be。 Chizkayhu was almost at the end of a long line of Judean kings long after Abraham came。 Long after Isaac， Jacob， the twelve sons， their exile in Egypt， their delivery with Moses， their survival in the desert， their manifested reception of the torah， their conquest of the barbaric nations that dwelled in Israel， their establishment of rulership with Saul， David， etc。 following many kings until Chizkiya long down the chain。 A kindegartner could tell you Chizkiya didn’t promulgate Judean views on Monotheism。 That’s like saying Mike Tyson spread boxing。 Really？Besides for this gross oversight， I don’t want to be one who harps on the bad and ignores all the good。 They did a tremendous effort in compiling this difficult work and credit is due。 They gave voice to many voiceless and showed immorality in a way that tried to stay sidelined from preaching to any specific choir。 Were there things they overlooked？ Definitely。 But that was bound to happen。 This isn’t an exhaustive work， it’s a skeleton with a good deal of flesh。 It traces a good line through history to understand the causes and effects and progressions。 Credit is definitely due。Despite the fact that other things especially in the Jewish department were overlooked， I think they did a solid job of not marginalizing us， and including some of the many times we were oppressed。 Thank you for not leaving it all out， as many do。 There were some questionable herzl， palestinian， and other Jewish/Israel questionable historical accuracies， but I don’t want to nitpick and I don’t think they amount to the mistake listed above。 And they were countered by the solid amount of correct information。 They tried hard and I give credit。One other complaint needs echoing though。 I thought the syntax was poor。 We’re dealing with history， so brevity can come at the expense of clarity。 The book can sound like disorganized and non-linear bullet points at times; the reader forgetting where we are exactly in history， who’s who， what means what， etc。 This composition style is hard enough on its own， but couple it with poor syntax and it just leads to much ambiguity。 More like 2。8 on this one。 。。。more

Jack ，

Finally finished it， could've used more maps， but overall good overview。 Finally finished it， could've used more maps， but overall good overview。 。。。more

Tower Hill ，

P -DNF

Joseph Donigian ，

It was an easy read。I enjoy history but I've been taught European history and American history and this really puts more information about Asian， African， Central and South American history are also represented。 For an overview book this was a fantastic job。 It was an easy read。I enjoy history but I've been taught European history and American history and this really puts more information about Asian， African， Central and South American history are also represented。 For an overview book this was a fantastic job。 。。。more

Özgür Baltat ，

Batı merkezli insanlık tarihinin önemli başlıklarını inceleyen， derli toplu， özet， okuması keyifli bir dünya tarihi kitabı。 Alfa Kitap’ın bu ansiklopedik kitap serilerini pek sevdim。

Pete Chorekdjian ，

The lack of information on the Armenian Genocide is disappointing。

Ron Meruem Xander ，

Its not bad， everything you need to know in a nutshell。 Albeit there were some instances where I would liked to have known more about some topics， and the layout wasn't really to my taste， overall a good read。At first I thought of giving 3 stars for the book itself but I think the idea is worth another one。 I believe a grand understanding of world history is of emperical importance in our lives whatever we do and this book does just that; it gives an idea about everything you need to know till r Its not bad， everything you need to know in a nutshell。 Albeit there were some instances where I would liked to have known more about some topics， and the layout wasn't really to my taste， overall a good read。At first I thought of giving 3 stars for the book itself but I think the idea is worth another one。 I believe a grand understanding of world history is of emperical importance in our lives whatever we do and this book does just that; it gives an idea about everything you need to know till recent times without going into much detail about each topic。 。。。more

Steve Johnson ，

Great book for a short read - nearly all the entries are 2-4 pages。 Full of information presented in a simple yet informative manner。 There is something here for everyone， from the curious reader to the historian。

Chorina Mega ，

School taught me to hate history。 This book made me fall in love with history。I used to see history as a boring subject that filled with memorizing dates， names， and places。 But this book is something else。 It portrayed history as a long continuing story filled with interrelated events， strong characters， and memorable places that you wanna go to just to see the remains of the story。 Some experts or history geek may say that this book only gives you the scratch of history， but well that's what i School taught me to hate history。 This book made me fall in love with history。I used to see history as a boring subject that filled with memorizing dates， names， and places。 But this book is something else。 It portrayed history as a long continuing story filled with interrelated events， strong characters， and memorable places that you wanna go to just to see the remains of the story。 Some experts or history geek may say that this book only gives you the scratch of history， but well that's what it claimed！ Big Ideas Simply Explained！ This book successfully gives us the bold base line of our giant history from human origins to modern times in such a fascinating way。 A total great start for someone who just falls in love with history！ 。。。more

YOYO ，

DNFInteresting series。Maybe next time。

Huseyin Arslan ，

Great introduction to the World History for amateur history lovers like myself。 It gives a great overview of the past and relates it to today's political and economical challenges。 Great introduction to the World History for amateur history lovers like myself。 It gives a great overview of the past and relates it to today's political and economical challenges。 。。。more

Miku ，

I love the book and was a fun read for me。 I like how simplified it was written but maybe not good for someone who wants to go in details in learning History。 I just think of this book as an outline of learning History。 which I think might be the purpose of this compact book。

John Geddie ，

This was a really fun quick-hit book with different events reviewed in a two-page spread on each that talks about what led up to it and how the consequences were either。 I'm a history buff， but I somehow always end up reading up on the same areas and time periods。 I actually did get a lot from the multicultural nature of the review。 Fun times。 This was a really fun quick-hit book with different events reviewed in a two-page spread on each that talks about what led up to it and how the consequences were either。 I'm a history buff， but I somehow always end up reading up on the same areas and time periods。 I actually did get a lot from the multicultural nature of the review。 Fun times。 。。。more

Henk Devos ，

This is an impressively complete history book。 It takes the reader from the first humans alive up to current events， with the rise of ISIS already being mentioned。 But it is also biographically complete。 We all know the history of our own region， but this book includes Australia， China， Japan， Africa and pre-Columbus America as well。All events are described with sufficient background， but always in a neutral way。 Each described event comes with a timeline listing related events， and the causes a This is an impressively complete history book。 It takes the reader from the first humans alive up to current events， with the rise of ISIS already being mentioned。 But it is also biographically complete。 We all know the history of our own region， but this book includes Australia， China， Japan， Africa and pre-Columbus America as well。All events are described with sufficient background， but always in a neutral way。 Each described event comes with a timeline listing related events， and the causes and relationships between events are explained。Of course no history book can be complete and there are always choices to be made， but all in all the authors did a great job。 。。。more

Indah Threez Lestari ，

531 - 2019

Douglas Reedy ，

Lots of Info！Reading this book made me realize that as a history buff， I was sorely lacking in a few areas that the authors had brought to mind。 It is a wealth of information。

Ahmed Salah ，

كتاب رائع جدا وكمان معلومات جديدة اول مرة اعرفها عن نشأة وأصل الانسان والزراعة 。。。。 كتاب جميل جدا انصح بقرائته شامل تاريخ الانسان منذ نشأته الى العصر الحديث وبيوضح تاثير الانسان على التاريخ

Kotaro ，

The History Book : Big ideas simply explained is a great book to learn history from， as its teaches the readers most of the major events in the world。 Because it covers such a huge range of history， we can get close to becoming a internationally minded citizen as we learn the history of places around the world。 As it gives such simple explanations， people that are new to history can also enjoy read this book。 Not only it could teach beginners in history， people who studied history before can als The History Book : Big ideas simply explained is a great book to learn history from， as its teaches the readers most of the major events in the world。 Because it covers such a huge range of history， we can get close to becoming a internationally minded citizen as we learn the history of places around the world。 As it gives such simple explanations， people that are new to history can also enjoy read this book。 Not only it could teach beginners in history， people who studied history before can also look back to remind ourselves the past events in history by reading these big ideas that are simply explained。 。。。more

Chuck Pedro ，

These books are great。 I love learning about history's "greatest hits"。 Obviously it's you can't include everything， so one could quibble about that。 It's overwhelmingly about Europe， a fair amount of Asia。 Africa was barely mentioned。 South America didn't get much attention。 So， you would need to read many volumes to get everything， but for an overview of history， I really enjoyed it。 I also like the format， illustrations and photography， and sidebars that highlight certain people and such。 These books are great。 I love learning about history's "greatest hits"。 Obviously it's you can't include everything， so one could quibble about that。 It's overwhelmingly about Europe， a fair amount of Asia。 Africa was barely mentioned。 South America didn't get much attention。 So， you would need to read many volumes to get everything， but for an overview of history， I really enjoyed it。 I also like the format， illustrations and photography， and sidebars that highlight certain people and such。 。。。more

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