911

My number this week was 911. The Atlas of World History, Rand McNally style. It's pretty big and heavy so I've decided to keep this one for the two weeks and pretend like what I miss at the end of this week picks up again at the end of next week.

I think I might learn something useful this week and the book seems to be pretty well split between maps and writing so it's not too daunting to think about reading. The chapters are:
1) The Ancient World: The Beginnings of Civilization
2)The Ancient World: The Ancient Mediterranean
3)The Ancient World: The Classical Civilizations
4)The Ancient World: The Great Empires of Antiquity
5)The Ancient World: Empires and Barbarians
6)Heirs to the Ancient World: Religions and Civilizations
7)Heirs to the Ancient World: Land and Power
8)Heirs to the Ancient World: Trade and Aggression
9)Heirs to the Ancient World: Tradition and Innovation
10)The Age of European Supremacy: Europe and A Wider World
11)The Age of European Supremacy: The Eurasian Land Empires
12)The Age of European Supremacy: Colonies and Commerce
13)The Age of European Supremacy: Europe Divided
14)The Age of European Supremacy: The Ancien Regime
15)The Age of European Supremacy: The Age of Revolutions
16)The Age of European Supremacy: The Industrial Revolution
17)The Age of European Supremacy: Liberalism and Nationalism
18)The Age of European Supremacy: The Age of Imperialism
19)The Emergence of the Modern World: Rivals to European Supremacy
20)The Emergence of the Modern World: The First World War and its Aftermath
21)The Emergence of the Modern World: The Second World War
22)The Emergence of the Modern World: The Post-War World
23)The Emergence of the Modern World: The Far East Since 1945
24)The Emergence of the Modern World: Contemporary Society
25)United States Historical Maps

Wow, that took a lot longer than expected. They're all only a few pages long so it'll be easy to read through them each. I hope. History books tend to be some of the hardest to read, in my experience, so I guess it could go either way. But I'll give it a go and see where I end up. =)