How can one compile a selection of evidence on any narrow topic for a particular period in the history of a particular people from the ocean of literary monuments and artifacts of antiquity? Indeed: how practically can one select information describing the city baths and zoos of antiquity, evidence of marital fidelity and the morals of ancestors, about the daily routine of the ruler and the education system in the country, about the dynamics of prices for goods and about the formation of troops on the march, about taxes and budgets families, about judicial practice and about cosmic phenomena, about dashing deeds and about forgotten heroes of the nation, about heating homes and climate disasters, about inflation rates and about shipbuilding, for example, in the 15th century in Russia? And also, given the extreme shortage of free time in modern people, it would be advisable to pass the information received through a second filter, through selecting in each topic the most interesting, information-rich, and also rarely mentioned data that could make you think ( The word “think about it” is key here). This is how the idea of creating a series of books “An Entertaining Story” was born. I believe that their content will be of interest to all lovers of this science, and will also serve as an aid to schoolchildren and students for the development of analytical thinking.