Recs if you like A History of the World in 100 Objects...

microhistory: the intensive historical investigation of a well defined smaller unit of research (such as an event, community, individual or a settlement); it aspires to "ask large questions in small places"

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So many things we should know about the world we are not told during our education. To know the past is to be able to change the future