(Part 2) Top products from r/eu4

I found the 1410 map on Wikipedia, specifically from this page (towards the bottom). I don't know of any anthology containing maps such as this one. I do agree that this is an excellent map and has great details. If it helps, here is the Wikimedia profile of that map from 1410. In that page you'll find various details on the map. Towards the bottom you'll find all the Wikipedia articles that use this map. You can search around and find more.

Scholarly atlases also provide greatly detailed and historical maps. Two notable examples that I physically own are the D.K. World History Atlas, and also the Cassell's Atlas of World History, both of which have greatly detailed maps. Buying physical copies isn't really a good choice though because there's always better maps somewhere online.

Searching around the internet, you'll find tons of great sites that provide maps of varying quality. One popular site is www.geacron.com, which maps every continent in every year from -3000 to 2019. Their maps aren't very detailed but interesting nonetheless.

I hope this helped.

Your Dad is being overly harsh, but he's not wrong. Simply put you shouldn't be using a video game as a source for any discussions you have with other people. It's fine as an inspiration but it is not a source of historical information.

These wouldn't be bad places to start and should be sources your Dad would be happy with.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aztecs-Very-Short-Introduction-Introductions-ebook/dp/B005YMCCR8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1487438218&sr=8-2&keywords=oxford+history+of+aztecs

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ancient-Kingdoms-Mexico-Penguin-history/dp/0140135871/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487438233&sr=8-1&keywords=penguin+history+of+aztecs

http://www.amazon.com/Colonel-Roosevelt-Edmund-Morris/dp/0375757074/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1427210272&sr=8-4&keywords=edmund+morris

Easiest the best biography I've ever read, and I believe the first in the series won a Pulitzer prize

I recommend Europe: a History by Norman Davies

He really breaks down the European history in a refreshing manner. Instead of just addressing the great powers, like France, UK, Germany, Spain, etc, he goes in to depth on the lesser known, or at least less written about parts of Europe. Of course, there's plenty of discussion on those powers as well, but it's all put together in a unified tract which in a way makes sense of the calamity that is Europe's shared histories.

1493: Uncovering the World Columbus Created is a great text on the effects that colonialism had on global economics, politics, and environmental changes. And it's well written.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0307278247?pc_redir=1404825718&robot_redir=1

I'll give you two that I've enjoyed lately:

Vanished Kingdoms: The Rise and Fall of States and Nations talks about some states that you see in Eu4 like Aragon, Burgundy and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century takes you into the life of a French nobleman during the Hundred Years War. I'd check out pretty much anything else by Tuchman while you're at it.

The Pursuit of Glory:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Pursuit-Glory-Revolutions-1648-1815/dp/0143113895

It's a huge book, but interesting reading, and begins by outlining tons of minute social, political, and economic changes leading up to the Napoleonic era. I found it one of the most climactic reads, as after a lot of minutia, then the end actually just walks you through historical events, all of which suddenly make tons of sense given the environment!

I would recommend [Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy, 1453 to the Present] (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Europe-Struggle-Supremacy-1453-Present/dp/0141037172/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1449674986&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=urope%3A+The+Struggle+for+Supremacy%2C+1453+to+the+Present). It offers a thorough look at the political dynamics in Europe in modern history, while being a delight to read. The strive over and partioning of Germany takes front and center up until the second World War, relating everything to a constant struggle and balance of power between the major European nations. It's written from a British point of view, but it does try (and mostly succeeds) to look at everything from a European perspective. I loved reading it.

I have actual copies. I bought Inalcık's book shortly after he published it (thanks to recommendation by a friend interested in Ottoman history) along with his older Ottoman Classical Age. I actually have many books from Inalcık including two he only published in Turkish . As for Braudel I don't remember.

https://www.amazon.com/Mediterranean-World-Age-Philip-Vol/dp/0520203089/ref=la_B000AQ3IK8_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1481726129&sr=1-1

https://www.amazon.com/Economic-Social-History-Ottoman-Empire/dp/0521574560/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1481726108&sr=1-2&refinements=p_27%3AHalil+Inalcik

You can buy them from here.

https://www.amazon.com/Poland-Novel-James-Michener/dp/0449205878

Really really good book about Poland.

No, it's Germany and the Holy Roman Empire, but is the book that you mentioned good?

A good book that gets a bit into Chinese industry is "The Pursuit of Power "
https://www.amazon.com/Pursuit-Power-Technology-Society-D/dp/0226561585

Basically with that budget. If you want a brand new laptop you will not be getting a dedicated GPU. So the i3 8130u is the newest intel chip with serviceable integrated graphics. Going to have to make sure there are 2 sticks of ram in laptop so the integrated graphics isnt throttled. Usually there are 2 sticks of it if it has more than 4GB of RAM.

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https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Business-Dual-Core-i3-8130U-Bluetooth/dp/B07FZZRG2M/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1549344308&sr=8-4&keywords=i3+8130u

https://www.amazon.com/Orientalism-Edward-W-Said/dp/039474067X

Not sure how you could take Asian history courses without being introduced to this, but if you haven't read it, I suggest you do. If you have, I find it bizarre you would make a mod like this...

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/americas/article/lusospanish-relations-in-hapsburg-brazil-15801640/DF5DE1D767261302272F2A15775ACE9A

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/10/opinion/hapsburg-empire-austria-world-war-1.html

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/medical-history/article/madrid-hospitals-and-welfare-in-the-context-of-the-hapsburg-empire/EB4D1001538162DDC1EA0A6DA46A079C

https://books.google.ca/books?id=IKT1BwAAQBAJ&lpg=PP7&ots=gMy6hs20Kf&dq=info%3ATxAEP8_tLqIJ%3A

https://www.amazon.ca/Hapsburg-Monarchy-1867-1914-Arthur-May/dp/0393004600

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/aug/24/book-review-the-hapsburg-empire-a-new-history/

This may aid you.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Oxford-Paperback-Dictionary-Thesaurus-Dictionaries/dp/0199558469/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494796592&sr=8-1&keywords=english+dictionary

One of my favourites is this book on Europe 1500-1800.

Ahem. https://www.amazon.com/American-Nations-History-Regional-Cultures/dp/0143122029

I would recommend reading Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century. Basically, the Celali Rebellions, fall of the ming, and a host of uprisings across the old world from Catalonia to China were caused in part by food shortages from the eruption of a super volcano. Economic downturn in one area of a country caused recessions in neighboring provinces which caused massive famines. Combined with warfare and government mismanagement in many countries revolts were frequent during this time. The best solution is to better simulate local economies and make a economic policy system that simulates how religions, customs or bad management by rulers inform economic policies on the local level.