A History of the World in 100 ObjectsPenguin, 2011 M10 27 - 736 pages "An enthralling and profoundly humane book that every civilized person should read." --The Wall Street Journal The blockbuster New York Times bestseller and the companion volume to the wildly popular radio series When did people first start to wear jewelry or play music? When were cows domesticated, and why do we feed their milk to our children? Where were the first cities, and what made them succeed? Who developed math--or invented money? |
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... clearly in many respects impossible,but one particular aspect ofit caused an especially lively debate. All these objectswould be presented not on television buton radio. Theywould havetobe imagined by the listener,not seen. Atfirst ...
... clearly have been the beginnings of aquite new capacity for communication – and that would have meant that people could sit down to exchange ideas, plan their work together or even just gossip. If they could makea decent handaxe ...
... clearly looking at these animals inthe autumn, atthe timeofruttingand the migration towinter pastures. Only inthe autumn do both male and female have full sets of antlers and coatsin such wonderful condition. On the female's chest the ...
... clearly a great environmentfor those go-getting humansfrom north Asia, butif you were amammoth the outlook wasn't quite so rosy. The ripples on theside of theClovis point, which Ifindso beautiful, produce intense bleeding in any animal ...
... before we could eat them. This washowwe gaineda competitive advantage – other animals that didn't haveour kind of brain couldn't think several steps ahead to do that. the beginning of the twenty-first century, it is clearly one.
Contents
Hinton St Mary Mosaic | |
Arabian Bronze Hand | |
The Silk Road and Beyond | |
Ife Head | |
The David Vases | |
Taino Ritual Seat | |
PART FOURTEEN Meeting the Gods AD 12001500 | |
Holy Thorn Reliquary | |
PART THREE The First Cities andStates | |
King Dens Sandal Label | |
Standard of | |
Indus Seal 14 Jade Axe 15 Early WritingTablet PART FOUR The Beginnings of Science and Literature 2000700 | |
Flood Tablet | |
Rhind Mathematical Papyrus | |
Minoan Bullleaper | |
Mold Gold Cape | |
Statue of Ramesses II | |
PART FIVE Old WorldNewPowers 1100300BC | |
Lachish Reliefs 22 Sphinx ofTaharqo 23 Chinese Zhou Ritual Vessel | |
Paracas | |
Gold Coin of Croesus | |
PART SIX The World in the Age of Confucius 500300 | |
Centaurand Lapith 28 BasseYutz Flagons | |
Olmec Stone Mask | |
Chinese Bronze Bell | |
Coin with Head of Alexander | |
Pillar of Ashoka | |
Rosetta Stone | |
Chinese Han Lacquer | |
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Augustus PART EIGHT | |
North American Otter Pipe | |
Ceremonial Ballgame Belt | |
Admonitions | |
Hoxne Pepper | |
PART NINE | |
Icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy | |
Shiva and Parvati Sculpture | |
Sculpture of Huastec Goddess | |
Hoa Hakananaia Easter IslandStatue | |
PART FIFTEEN The Threshold of the Modern World AD 13751550 | |
Tughra of Suleimanthe Magnificent 72 Ming Banknote | |
Inca Gold Llama | |
Jade Dragon | |
Dürers Rhinoceros | |
PART SIXTEEN | |
Tolerance and Intolerance | |
The Oba with Europeans 78 Doubleheaded Serpent 79 Elephants 80 Pieces of Eight | |
Shia Religious Parade Standard | |
Miniature of a Mughal Prince | |
Shadow Puppet of Bima | |
PART EIGHTEEN Exploration Exploitation and Enlightenment | |
Hawaiian Feather Helmet | |
North American Buckskin | |
Australian BarkShield | |
PART NINETEEN | |
AD 17801914 91 Ships Chronometer from HMS Beagle | |
Sudanese Slit Drum | |
Suffragettedefaced Penny | |
PART TWENTY The World of our Making | |
Maps | |
Listof Objects | |
References | |