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Title:
A history of the world in 100 objects / Neil MacGregor.
Author:
MacGregor, Neil, 1946-

British Museum.

BBC Radio 4.
Publication Information:
New York : Viking, 2011.
Call Number:
GN740 .M16 2011
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Edition:
1st American ed.
ISBN:
9780670022700
Physical Description:
xxvi, 707 p. : col. ill., maps ; 24 cm.
General Note:
Originally published: London ; New York : Allen Lane, 2010.
Contents:
Mummy of Hornedjitef -- Olduvai stone chopping tool -- Olduvai handaxe -- Swimming reindeer -- Clovis spear point -- Bird-shaped pestle -- Ain Sakhri lovers figurine -- Egyptian clay model of cattle -- Maya maize god statue -- Jomon pot -- King Den's sandal label -- Standard of Ur -- Indus seal -- Jade axe -- Early writing tablet -- Flood tablet -- Rhind mathematical papyrus -- Minoan bull-leaper -- Mold gold cape -- Statue of Ramesses II -- Lachish reliefs -- Sphinx of Taharqo -- Chinese Zhou ritual vessel -- Paracas textile -- Gold coin of Croesus -- Oxus chariot model -- Parthenon sculpture: centaur and Lapith -- Basse-Yutz flagons -- Olmec stone mask -- Chinese bronze bell -- Coin with head of Alexander -- Pillar of Ashoka -- Rosetta stone -- Chinese Han lacquer cup -- Head of Augustus -- Warren cup -- North American otter pipe -- Ceremonial ballgame belt -- Admonitions scroll -- Hoxne pepper pot -- Seated Buddha from Gandhara -- Gold coins of Kumaragupta I -- Plate showing Shapur II -- Hinton St. Mary mosaic -- Arabian bronze hand -- Gold coins of Abd al-Malik -- Sutton Hoo helmet -- Moche warrior pot -- Korean roof tile -- Silk princess painting -- Maya relief of royal blood-letting -- Harem wall-painting fragments -- Lothair crystal -- Statue of Tara -- Chinese Tang tomb figures -- Vale of York hoard -- Hedwig beaker -- Japanese bronze mirror -- Borobudur Buddha head -- Kilwa pot sherds -- The Lewis chessmen -- Hebrew Astrolabe -- Ife head -- The David vases -- Taino ritual seat -- Holy thorn reliquary -- Icon of the triumph of orthodoxy -- Shiva and Parvati sculpture -- Sculpture of Huastec goddess -- Hoa Hakananai'a Easter island statue -- Tughra of Suleiman the magnificent -- Ming banknote -- Inca gold llama -- Jade dragon cup -- Durer's Rhinoceros -- Mechanical galleon -- Benin plaque: the Oba with Europeans -- Double-headed serpent -- Kakiemon elephants -- Pieces of eight -- Shi'a religious parade standard -- Miniature of a Mughal prince -- Shadow puppet of Bima -- Mexican Codex map -- Reformation centenary broadsheet -- Akan drum -- Hawaiian feather helmet -- North American buckskin map -- Australian bark shield -- Jade Bi -- Ship's chronometer from HMS Beagle -- Early Victorian tea set -- Hokusai's The great wave -- Sunanese slit drum -- Suffragette-defaced penny -- Russian revolutionary plate -- Hockney's In the dull village -- Throne of weapons -- Credit card -- Solar-powered lamp and charger.
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