A Little History of the World: Illustrated Edition

This wonderful little introduction to the history of the world is written primarily for young people but I found it informative enough for me as well, as I was looking for a book which would make it possible to have a bird's eye view of how humans evolved from building tools with just a stone to making an atomic bomb.

With his simple and direct language, the author makes this book very fun to read and with his own subjective analysis and opinions on the events described within, makes it more engaging than those boring textbooks in schools.

For me, personally, it was a great read because lately, I became very interested in history, and I've found that Gombrich's work did a nice job in introducing different periods throughout the history.

Now, I feel that I have a direction to continue my exploration of historical events, cultures and periods which were the most interesting to me, like Ancient Egypt and their culture, Life in Babylon, the history of Jews from ancient to present times, The Greek and Roman cultures, figures such as the Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and also the New Age of adventurous and exciting explorations, the age of Enlightenment, the French and American Revolutions, WW1 and WW2, etc.

So, there are so many topics to explore after reading this book, which just makes you more interested and excited to dive into the history of humanity and study it from other sources as well, but, as I've already mentioned, Gombrich's work is a great introduction to all of that.