Book
A history of the world in 100 objects
Record details
- ISBN: 0670022705 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 9780670022700 (hbk.)
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Physical Description:
xxvi, 707 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.
print - Edition: 1st American ed.
- Publisher: New York : Viking, 2011.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "The British Museum ; BBC Radio 4." |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | pt. 1. Making us human : 2,000,000-9000 BC -- pt. 2. After the Ice Age : Food and sex : 9000-3500 BC -- pt. 3. The first cities and states : 4000-2000 BC -- pt. 4. The beginnings of science and literature : 2000-700 BC -- pt. 5. Old world, new powers : 1100-300 BC -- pt. 6. The world in the age of Confucius : 500-300 BC -- pt. 7. Empire builders : 300 BC-AD 10 -- pt. 8. Ancient pleasures, modern spice : AD 1-500 -- pt. 9. The rise of world faiths : AD 100-600 -- pt. 10. The Silk Road and beyond : AD 400-800 -- pt. 11. Inside the palace : secrets at court : AD 700-900 -- pt. 12. Pilgrims, raiders and traders : AD 800-1300 -- pt. 13. Status symbols : AD 1100-1500 -- pt. 14. Meeting the gods : AD 1200-1500 -- pt. 15. The threshold of the modern world : AD 1375-1550 -- pt. 16. The first global economy : AD 1450-1650 -- pt. 17. Tolerance and intolerance : AD 1550-1700 -- pt. 18. Exploration, exploitation and enlightenment : AD 1680-1820 -- pt. 19. Mass production, mass persuasion : AD 1780-1914 -- pt. 20. The world of our making : AD 1914-2010. |
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| Subject: | Material culture Ceremonial objects Archaeology, Medieval Classical antiquities Antiquities, Prehistoric |
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