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24 alternatives to The History of the Renaissance World

Engaging survey of incredible stories from 1095 - 1453 CE

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The History of the Renaissance World launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   SPQR▲76

   History of Ancient Rome

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Sapiens▲185

   A brief history of humankind

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Magic▲66

   Explore the history of magic + magicians!

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Kobold's Guide to Worldbuilding▲56

   Essays on the creation of worlds, from geology to politics

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   The Power of Myth▲68

   The impact of the themes and symbols of ancient narratives

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Debt : The First 5,000 Years▲86

   David Graeber shows a stunning analysis of money's history

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   WorldBrain – full text, local search of your browsing history▲229

   2018 · worldbrain.io · its alternatives →

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   Drawing On Our History▲60

   An anatomical view of the world I was born into.

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   The Gene: An Intimate History▲74

   A magnificent history of the gene

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Hero with a Thousand Faces▲88

    Understanding the universal hero journey across mythologies

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Medieval Graffiti▲70

    The lost voices of England's churches

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    E-Book Site for Classics▲94

    2017 · bookeyes.co · its alternatives →

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    Story▲83

    The classic guide to the fundamentals of storytelling

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Homo Deus▲105

    A Brief History of Tomorrow

    2017 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Bone Rooms▲73

    From scientific racism to human prehistory in museums

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Light▲58

    A Radiant History from Creation to the Quantum Age

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Russian History in Cats▲70

    Unique interactive book of medieval history of Russia

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    A History of Silicon Valley▲71

    The greatest creation of wealth in the history of the planet

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Relics▲3

    A History of the World Told in 133 Objects

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    The Private Lives of the Tudors:▲5

    Uncovering the Secrets of Britain's Greatest Dynasty

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Time Travel: A History▲63

    A meditation on exploring time, travel, and technology

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    I am building a map of people who lived in the Roman Empire▲210

    Driving home from work one day, I wanted to know how many people we knew the names of who lived during the Roman era. Searching around, I found lists of Consuls and officials, but nothing that covered ordinary people or even most people like freedmen and slaves. So I ended up building a pipeline to process the more than 500k Latin inscriptions in the Epigraphic Database Clauss-Slaby https://edcs.hist.uzh.ch/en/ and extract the names of people (and attempt to cluster them, but this is a work in progress). There are databases where Classicists have done this manually for…

    Jun 2026 · new.roman-names.com · its alternatives →

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    Booknshelf – Discover great books on different topics▲89

    2017 · booknshelf.com · its alternatives →

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    The Judgement of Paris▲65

    Surprisingly great read about the early history of Impressio

    2016 · its alternatives →

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