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A History of the World in 100 Objects

A History of the World in 100 Objects

101 Episodes • By BBC Radio 4 • www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nrtd...
Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, narrates 100 programmes that retell humanity's history through the objects we have made.
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A History of the World in 100 Objects
A History of the World in 100 Objects
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Object 101
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Dec 25 2020 37m
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Solar-powered lamp and charger
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Oct 22 2010 13m
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Oct 21 2010 13m
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Throne of Weapons
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Oct 20 2010 14m
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Hockney's In the Dull Village
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Oct 19 2010 13m
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Russian revolutionary plate
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Oct 18 2010 14m
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Suffragette-defaced penny
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Oct 15 2010 14m
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Sudanese slit drum
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Oct 14 2010 13m
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Hokusai's The Great Wave
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Oct 13 2010 13m
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Early Victorian tea set
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Oct 12 2010 14m
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Ship's chronometer from HMS Beagle
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Oct 11 2010 14m
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Jade bi
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Oct 8 2010 14m
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Australian Bark Shield
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Oct 7 2010 13m
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North American Buckskin Map
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Oct 6 2010 13m
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Hawaiian feather helmet
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Oct 5 2010 13m
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Akan Drum
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Oct 4 2010 14m
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Reformation Centenary Broadsheet
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Oct 1 2010 13m
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Mexican Codex Map
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Sep 30 2010 14m
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Shadow Puppet of Bima
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Sep 29 2010 14m
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Miniature of a Mughal Prince
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Sep 28 2010 14m
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Shi'a Religious Parade Standard
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Sep 27 2010 14m
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Pieces of eight
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Sep 24 2010 13m
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Kakiemon elephants
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Sep 23 2010 13m
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Double-headed serpent
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Sep 22 2010 13m
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Benin plaque - the Oba with Europeans
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Sep 21 2010 13m
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