I thought this was a good book。 But it had so much information in it that eventually I seem to have forgotten what I read。 What I found really interesting though was how in the same chapter the author switched from events in one area of the world, like Rome, to another, like China。 I loved reading how the different empires interacted and it was so interesting to read what events took place at around the same time。 But truthfully I will have to read this again。 Next time I will have to take note I thought this was a good book。 But it had so much information in it that eventually I seem to have forgotten what I read。 What I found really interesting though was how in the same chapter the author switched from events in one area of the world, like Rome, to another, like China。 I loved reading how the different empires interacted and it was so interesting to read what events took place at around the same time。 But truthfully I will have to read this again。 Next time I will have to take notes or use my highlighter option on the kindle to mark the very interesting parts。 By now I've read a few of his books and I have always enjoyed them all。 。。。more