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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... closely, it is clear that these fragments come from widely different places. Agreen sherdand ablue- and-whiteone areclearly fragments ofporcelain manufactured in huge quantities in China for export.Other pieces bear Islamic decoration ...
... closely, onebehind the other,and inpositioning them the sculptorhas brilliantly exploited the tapering shape of the mammoth tusk. The smaller, female reindeer isin front with the very endof the tusk forming thetipofher nose;and behind ...
... closely, you can see that theseare the scarsfromits manufacture, where the flakes of theflint havebeen carefully chipped off. It's a lovelything to touch andstroke, and it'svery well adapted to its lethal purpose. Perhaps the most ...
... closely at the choice of vegetableson offer. It probably includes potato salad, rice, sweetcorn and kidney beans, allofwhich come originally from widely different parts oftheworld; nothing unusual about that nowadays, but none of them ...
... closely, you cansee that it was built up with coils of clay and then fibres were pressed into the outside, so that when you holdit youfeelas though you are actually holding abasket. This smallJomon pot looks and feelslike a basket in ...
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 | |