We love history so when the The Amazing Bible World History Timeline came in the mail it was no chore to take a look. This timeline of sorts was given to me as part of the Old Schoolhouse crew for review. It’s really quite different then any timeline I’ve seen.
As you can see from the picture it’s sort of circular and colorful. The colors represent the descendants of Shem, Ham and Japheth (Noah’s sons.) You may not also be able to tell from the picture but it’s HUGE. The actual measurements are 38” by 46”. We put it up in our hallway as that’s the only spot we had (we have wall space issues, too many bookcases in the way!) I suppose you could also put it out on a large table when you wanted to look at it as well.
You find the person or event you're interested in and follow that section to see what people or events were going on elsewhere.
Since my 14 year old’s bedroom door is right across the hall from the wall we placed it on he would often spout off little facts he’d read on the timeline. I’ve asked him to recall some just now and he really can’t remember but he’d say things like, “…did you know so and so was alive when such and such happened.” He loved to peruse it while brushing his teeth stalling for bedtime!
We tried to use it with our history study but found much of where we’re at not there. It is a broad overview and we do quite an in depth study. For instance Oliver Cromwell was on there but Elizabeth, Charles I & II were not (all in lessons of Mystery of History III.) I think earlier in history like with Mystery of History I more of the subject/lessons would be on there. Also, there would be a lot of relevance with an Old Testament study.
Because we do such in depth study we do prefer one with a lot of detail. Of course the one we have takes up a lot more space so this one would be nice or families who just want an overview and want it out all the time.
This timeline does include an index which is nice to try to locate a particular person.
If you’re never used a timeline like this it is truly something to check out. It’s interesting to notice what was going on at the same time in different parts of the world. That’s certainly not something most of us got growing up with our education. This is an especially good one if you want to keep one up on your wall. I must say it does get more “look” time this way if you can find the space for it.
The timeline is available for $29.97 plus shipping at agards.com . As a bonus with purchase you also get some downloadable interactive holy land maps too.
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