Don't worry a volcano will erupt and the end will be nigh! Those mega volcanoes always know when to dump a load to end some crazy streak

For a quick jump into literally everything, Bill Bryson’s A Short History of Nearly Everything is great.

If you want the full PHD in human history Will and Ariel Durant’s multi volume The Story of Civilization is wonderful. A bit dated, but it’s bedrock in history. You can find complete sets for reasonable money.

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This is one of the saddest things I've ever read for some reason

I can recommend Robin´s Dunbar The Human story then. I also loved Graham Clarke, but that one is some good 40 years old now, if not more, so you can probably aim at something with more updated information.

Prehistory! I just kind of fell into a Wikipedia timeline now. I read about the very early universe, early universe, and then it got a little complicated. So I found an article by The Guardian that breaks the timeline of the universe down into more layman’s terms, so I’m in the bath reading that lol Edit: article is from 2008 so I ended up confused. But I learned to check article dates so whatever lmfao

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Depends where do you want to start. Prehistory, going through paleolitic people and out hominid ancestors? Starting with oldest civilizations and some easy overview? Or just follow one country/region topic and its evolution over time?

I never really applied myself in school, I think due to big traumas I experienced as a kid. I learned to just avoid things, and I never really absorbed the information I was learning. I was pretty good at history though, and always interested in it. Now I’m an adult who spends wayyy too much time on their phone looking at stupid shit that I don’t actually care about, because I don’t know what else to do with my time and feelings. Okay I’m sorry this is long winded! The point is, where can I start with a good “history 101”? I know I can scroll here and just learn so much over time, but I’d like to just fall into something like a timeline of… everything? I guess? To help my brain not be so overwhelmed, and it also just sounds like something I would really enjoy. I want to know so much and I don’t know where to start. Thank you guys!! Sorry its so long

> and being under the rule of an autocrat (e.g. Emperor)

Is this condition really necessary? Rome's expansion began during the republican period, even before Sulla. The rise of the British Empire coincided with the reallocation of political power from the kings to the Parliament and the ministerial bureaucracy. France's colonial acquisitions continued under its 3rd republic (e. g., Madagascar became a French protectorate in 1882 and a colony in 1897).

Does anyone have good recommendations for books about the 100 years war?

In Nazi myth it was literally Atlantis that the "Aryan" race had come from.
"We don't have had old stuff as it all sank..."
Yes they where really embarrassed by germanys lack of old stuff.

Yes, arrows work on knights. At Agincourt the English did not decimate the French with crossbows but longbows. Japan had those too.

Without trying to be dismissive this question isn't really answerable because it's based on a false premise. That you can compare Knights and Samurai. Knights and Samurais are not npcs with stats in a rpg. They were not a monolith. They were professional warriors who knew how to adapt to how war was fought. Yes the French knights were decimated by longbows... that's why the next time they showed up with a lot of crossbowmen (they still lost but they tried to adapt). When the gun was introduced to Japan the warriors immediately adopted it, just like the knight did in Europe. You can't compare them because faced with a new situation, they will change and adapt. They don't follow a script.

There is no one knight you can compare to one samurai. There was a wide range of different techniques to use in different situations. Due to Hollywood we tend to forget that this, for example did you know that European knights often used axes? In close quarter is easier to use than a sword. We rarely see that.

In the end those are two warriors who can adapt, they are two professional men who fight broadly with the same technology... so depending on the situation it's basically 1 vs 1. Because it's one man without firearm and with a full armor against one man without firearm and with a full armor.

Just drift away listening to the end of the Maya etc then next day realise I listened to 3/4 of the episode. There are many episodes too. Another podcast on the Byzantine Empire or the history of the Burgundian state, both over 100 episodes.

was doing some jumping around wikipedia and stumbled upon rfk jr and his massive conspiracy theory beliefs, anti vax being the most prominent thing i saw. from all i know about the kennedys (which isn’t a whole lot) this seems very against the grain?

basically, what happened with this guy? does his family support him, would RFK?

I am not sure we need proof as Hezekiah's story is one of the best to cross-reference with the rest of the Mid-Eastern world's historical documents.

But it does appear that his dating must be moved back a bit in light of this discovery.

Probably even more if erosion and mother nature hadn't go to them.

Here's to hoping there are always more episodes than we have time for listening

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Sure that wasn’t just The Fifth Season?

Crazy stuff, thanks for the recommendation

You stopped sleeping?

Drought -> famine -> weaker immune systems because everyone is starving.

It's less a direct cause and more knock on effects.

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I always assumed this. I feel I've heard this hypothesis for decades and have espoused it myself