One I recently enjoyed is 1177 BC: The Year Civilisation Collapsed by Eric H Cline. Totally different subject, but all his examples clarify rather that obscure the point.

Another on a similar topic is John Perlin's A Forest Journey: The Role of Wood in the Development of Civilization which I found to be very dismissive in a couple of areas such as coppice woodland, but still very clear.

And another - a classic - is Oliver Rackham's The History of the Countryside which looks at the UK countryside and is both clear and thoroughly enjoyable.