There are a total of 20 different journeys in this book, beginning with the start of creation, as told in the Bible.  Each journey takes the reader through time, through the lands near the Mediterranean Sea, where the cradle of religion began.  Main stories and main characters from the Bible are featured.  Inset maps are included to show where the story takes place, as well as a geography tip as to what to expect.  Rowland did a nice job of illustrating how many people think it would have looked like.  The difficult part in reading this book is that each journey is somewhat disconnected.  Yes, they all took place long ago and in the same general vicinity, but Rock leaves out how each story is connected to the one previous to it and the following one.  The timeline is somewhat blurry, so are the differences between fact and fiction.  The success of this book will depend much on the beliefs of the students’ families.