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A history of the world in 100 objects / written and presented by Neil MacGregor.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: [Bath, UK] BBC Worldwide Ltd., 2014Edition: UnabridgedDescription: 20 sound discs (approximately 25 hour) : digital ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • spoken word
  • text
Media type:
  • audio
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • audiodisc
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781408469880
Other title:
  • History of the world in one hundred objects
  • At head of title: British Museum
Uniform titles:
  • History of the world in 100 objects (Radio program)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • A00994
Contents:
Presenter, Neil MacGregor. Summary: In 2010, the BBC and the British Museum embarked on an ambitious project: to tell the story of two million years of human history using one hundred objects selected from the Museum’s vast and renowned collection. Presented by the British Museum’s Director Neil MacGregor, each episode focuses on a single object—from a Stone Age tool to a solar-powered lamp—and explains its significance in human history. Music, interviews with specialists, and quotations from written texts enrich the listener’s experience. On each CD, objects from a similar period of history are grouped together to explore a common theme and make connections across the world. Seen in this way, history is a kaleidoscope: shifting, interlinked, constantly surprising, and shaping our world in ways that most of us have never imagined. This box set also includes an illustrated booklet with additional background information and photographs, and each CD includes PDF images of the featured objects.
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pt. 1. Making us human : 2,000,000-9000 BC. Mummy of Hornedjitef; Olduvai stone chopping tool ; Olduvai handaxe ; Swimming reindeer ; Clovis spear point -- pt. 2. After the Ice Age : food and sex : 9000-3500 BC. Bird-shaped pestle ; Ain Sakhri lovers figurine ; Egyptian clay model of cattle ; Maya maize god statue ; Jomon pot -- pt. 3. The first cities and states : 4000-2000 BC. King Den's sandal label ; Standard of Ur ; Indus seal ; Jade axe ; Early writing tablet -- pt. 4. The beginnings of science and literature : 2000-700 BC. Flood tablet ; Rhind mathematical papyrus ; Minoan bull-leaper ; Mold gold cape ; Statue of Ramesses II -- pt. 5. Old World, new powers : 1100-300 BC. Lachish reliefs ; Sphinx of Taharqo ; Chinese Zhou ritual vessel ; Paracas textile ; Gold coin of Croesus -- pt. 6. The world in the age of Confucius : 500-300 BC. Oxus chariot model ; Parthenon sculpture : Centaur and Lapith ; Basse-Yutz flagons ; Olmec stone mask ; Chinese bronze bell --

pt. 7. Empire builders : 300 BC-AD 10. Coin with head of Alexander ; Pillar of Ashoka ; Rosetta Stone ; Chinese Han lacquer cup ; Head of Augustus -- pt. 8. Ancient pleasures, modern spice : AD 1-500. Warren Cup ; North American otter pipe ; Ceremonial ballgame belt ; Admonitions scroll ; Hoxne pepper pot -- pt. 9. The rise of world faiths. Seated Buddha from Gandhara ; Gold coins of Kumaragupta I ; Silver plate showing Shapur II ; Hinton St. Mary mosaic ; Arabian bronze head -- pt. 10. The Silk Road and beyond : AD 400-800. Gold coins of Abd al-Malik ; Sutton Hoo helmet ; Moche warrior pot ; Korean roof tile ; Silk princess painting -- pt. 11. Inside the palace : secrets at court : AD 700-900. Maya relief of royal blood-letting ; Harem wall-painitng fragments ; Lothair crystal ; Statue of Tara ; Chinese Tang tomb figures --

pt. 12. Pilgrims, raiders and traders : AD 800-1300. Vale of York hoard ; Hedwig glass beaker ; Japanese bronze mirror ; Borobudur Buddha head ; Kilwa pot sherds -- pt. 13. Status symbols : AD 1100-1500. Lewis chessmen ; Hebrew astrolabe ; Ife head ; The David vases ; Taino ritual seat -- pt. 14. Meeting the gods : AD 1200-1500. Holy Thorn reliquary ; Icon of the triumph of orthodoxy ; Shiva and Parvati sculpture ; Sculpture of Huastec goddess ; Hoa Hakananai'a Easter Island statue -- pt. 15. The threshold of the modern world : AD 1375-1550. Tughra of Suleiman the Magnificent ; Ming banknote ; Inca gold llama ; Jade dragon cup ; Dürer's Rhinoceros -- pt. 16. The first global economy : AD 1450-1650. Mechanical galleon ; Benin plaque : the Oba with Europeans ; Double-headed serpent ; Kakiemon elephants ; Pieces of eight --

pt. 17. Tolerance and intolerance : AD 1550-1700. Shi'a religious parade standard ; Miniature of a Mughal prince ; Shadow puppet of Burma ; Mexican codex map ; Reformation centenary broadsheet -- pt. 18. Exploration, exploitation and enlightenment : AD 1680-1820. Akan drum ; Hawaiian feather helmet ; North American buckskin map ; Australian bark shield ; Jade bi -- pt. 19. Mass production, mass persuasion : AD 1780-1914. Ship's chronometer from HMS Beagle ; Early Victorian tea set ; Hokusai's The great wave ; Sudanese slit drum ; Suffragette-defaced penny -- pt. 20. The world of our making : AD 1914-2010. Russian revolutionary plate ; Hockney's In the dull village ; Throne of weapons ; Credit card ; Solar-powered lamp and charger.

Presenter, Neil MacGregor.

In 2010, the BBC and the British Museum embarked on an ambitious project: to tell the story of two million years of human history using one hundred objects selected from the Museum’s vast and renowned collection.

Presented by the British Museum’s Director Neil MacGregor, each episode focuses on a single object—from a Stone Age tool to a solar-powered lamp—and explains its significance in human history. Music, interviews with specialists, and quotations from written texts enrich the listener’s experience. On each CD, objects from a similar period of history are grouped together to explore a common theme and make connections across the world. Seen in this way, history is a kaleidoscope: shifting, interlinked, constantly surprising, and shaping our world in ways that most of us have never imagined.

This box set also includes an illustrated booklet with additional background information and photographs, and each CD includes PDF images of the featured objects.

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