Where should I go to learn history from the beginning? I’m having trouble finding where to start and what to do.

by yodaboy925
DrMalcolmCraig

Could you clarify a little bit here? It would be good to know what you mean by:

  1. "Where should I go..." - are you talking about books, online resources, or perhaps studying history at a college or university?

  2. "...from the beginning..." - are you talking about from the start of 'recorded history'? Are you talking about global history? The history of specific areas or peoples?

  3. "...where to start..." - this relates to point 1 above.

TBH, no historian knows history "from the beginning". The past is a vast landscape, about which we can only understand fragments. Professional historians tend to be specialists, although there are some mega-space-brain types who have command of multiple sub-fields. Clarifying where you want to start and what exactly you're interested in would be really helpful.

Malcolm