World History Book Summaries

Ancient Greece Summary
Ancient Greece
From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times
by Thomas R. Martin 1992 254 pages
3.99
2.4K ratings
History
Ancient History
Greece
The Dark Valley Summary
The Dark Valley
A Panorama of the 1930s
by Piers Brendon 2000 848 pages
4.18
593 ratings
History
European History
World History
India Summary
India
A History
by John Keay 2000 578 pages
3.93
3.9K ratings
History
India
Asia
A Short History of the World Summary
A Short History of the World
by Christopher Lascelles 2011 241 pages
3.85
1.6K ratings
History
Historical
Reference
A Short History of the World Summary
A Short History of the World
by H.G. Wells 1922 371 pages
3.86
2.8K ratings
History
Classics
World History
Alexander the Great Summary
Alexander the Great
by Philip Freeman 2010 391 pages
4.32
5.3K ratings
History
Biography
Ancient History
Blackbeard Summary
Blackbeard
America's Most Notorious Pirate
by Angus Konstam 2006 336 pages
3.53
415 ratings
History
Pirates
Biography
A Brief History of Indonesia Summary
A Brief History of Indonesia
Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of Southeast Asia's Largest Nation
by Tim Hannigan 2015 288 pages
4.03
1.3K ratings
History
Asia
Travel
The Republic of Pirates Summary
The Republic of Pirates
Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down
by Colin Woodard 2007 383 pages
3.88
11.6K ratings
History
Pirates
Historical
The Klondike Fever Summary
The Klondike Fever
The Life and Death of the Last Great Gold Rush
by Pierre Berton 1958 494 pages
4.10
416 ratings
History
Canada
American History
Enemy of All Mankind Summary
Enemy of All Mankind
A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt
by Steven Johnson 2020 286 pages
3.89
4.2K ratings
History
Pirates
True Crime
The Fall of the Ottomans Summary
The Fall of the Ottomans
The Great War in the Middle East
by Eugene Rogan 2015 512 pages
4.17
4.5K ratings
History
World War I
War
Over the Edge of the World Summary
Over the Edge of the World
Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
by Laurence Bergreen 2003 458 pages
4.18
18.2K ratings
History
Biography
Adventure
The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire Summary
The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire
Why Our Species Is on the Edge of Extinction
by Henry Gee 2025 288 pages
3.66
121 ratings
Science
History
Evolution
Fire and Blood Summary
Fire and Blood
A History of Mexico
by T.R. Fehrenbach 1973 703 pages
3.93
604 ratings
History
Religion
Travel
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