Ahhh this book was incredible hard to read i was like eh? wait what?! WHAT!? I dont get it. its a difficult book too read very very dry. It has no story behind the history its like a very long long essay. I did not like it but was forced to read it for a class. Very boring good book if you want to fall asleep. I never got any of the information I mean i didnt really LEARN anything by reading this book. It's a darn shame that the author was not able to make the book appealing interesting and educational in the same time. But alas this is a text book.