Hi,
I'm sorry if this is not really the type of question you want asked here, feel free to just delete it if necessary.
Onto my question:
I want to find either videos or written content on the history of various areas around the world.
For instance - the history of the Iraq/Afghanistan area. Or Chinese/Asian history. Or even American history.
I realise there will be thousands of things I could read on each of the things I just mentioned but I was wondering if any of you guys knew where I could go that would have information on these that was condense, easy to digest, accurate etc
Sorry if I'm still not making myself very clear/shouldn't post here.
TL;DR Where would you recommend someone who is interested in learning broadly about lots of different areas of history. An amateur's starting point?
Thanks in advance
If you can get access to them, the Cambridge Histories Series is generally very good and covers a wide variety of geographic regions, time periods and areas of study. It's worth checking to see if you can find a library that will provide you online or physical access, because they are quite comprehensive, and if you would like to do any further reading, they will be able to point you towards other works on the topics you're interested in.
Hi! You might find some books you like in our book list, maintained by our flaired users.
as a keen amateur, reading the fine work here and at at /r/HistoryWhatIf gives a nice overview. If you're looking for even more random knowledge, check out the weekly roundup post
for my period (Russian revolutions) I like Robert Service's biographies as good introductory texts.