It’s written well, enjoyable and informative. It includes more focus away from just Europe or Asia, like some previous world history books, but if you want an in detail focus on each event it isn’t for you. It is a synopsis of the rule of previous civilisations (e.g. Greeks, Assyrians, Egyptians, Hittites, Persians, Qin dynasty etc), not an in depth civilisational study. However, like I say, it’s global, so it’s not just the progress of Europe. Later chapters focus on the Inca, kingdom of Benin, the Khmer Empire etc.