Neil MacGregor's A History of the World in 100 Objects takes a bold, original approach to human history, exploring past civilizations through the objects that defined them.
Encompassing a grand sweep of human history, A History of the World in 100 Objects begins with one of the earliest surviving objects made by human hands, a chopping tool from the Olduvai gorge in Africa, and ends with objects which characterise the world we live in today.
Seen through MacGregor's eyes, history is a kaleidoscope - shifting, interconnected, constantly surprising, and shaping our world today in ways that most of us have never imagined. A stone pillar tells us about a great Indian emperor preaching tolerance to his people; Spanish pieces of eight tell us about the beginning of a global currency; and an early Victorian tea-set speaks to us about the impact of empire.
An intellectual and visual feast, this is one of the most engrossing and unusual history books published in years.
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780241951774
Number of pages: 640
Weight: 466 g
Dimensions: 198 x 128 x 28 mm
*AUDIO BOOK VERSION*
This audio book is a gem. It is fascinating in terms of the content and details about each object examined, which extend right back to a stone-age knife from Africa which is almost two million...
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This gem of a book will whisk you around the world, exploring cultures you've never heard of, and civilisations that leave no written record. The objects man has created through the ages say so much about who we... More
I put the book down and knew that there were at least a dozen topics I now wanted to read up on. It was informative, clear and incredibly gripping. I was pleasantly surprised by the continuity in the narrative of the... More
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