Neil MacGregor looks at the great religions of the 16th and 17th centuries. Greg Jenner introduces the new series of his BBC history podcast, You're Dead To Me. 10/20 Neil MacGregor explores the world along and beyond the Silk Road 1300 years ago. I couldn’t believe that people would write this about themselves. The object he has chosen to reflect this curious history is an early Victorian tea set, made in Staffordshire and perfectly familiar to all of... Neil MacGregor's history of the world as told through things. 5/20 Neil MacGregor explores the rise of new societies 3,000 years ago. 17/20 Neil MacGregor looks at the great religions of the 16th and 17th centuries. Today he finds out what happened to Captain Cook as he was mapping and collecting in the Pacific. 12/20 The traders, pilgrims and raiders who swept across Europe and Asia from the 9th century. Neil explains why he has chosen a solar-powered lamp and charger as his final object - with examples of how it is already being used in rural Bengal and urban Kenya. The intended audience for the obituary of Liu Tingxun was not earthly readers but the judges of the Underworld, who would recognize his rank and his abilities and award him the prestigious place among the dead that was his due. Today he is with an object "freighted with layers of history, legend, global politics and race relations". In public life he was an exemplar of ‘benevolence, justice, statesmanship, modesty, loyalty, truthfulness and deference’, and his military skills were comparable to those of the fabled heroes of the past. Neil MacGregor reveals the earliest objects that define us as humans. This week Neil MacGregor, the museum's director, is looking at Europe's engagement with the rest of the world in the 18th century. Full of facts and jokes, the podcast brings to life a broad range of historical topics. Neil MacGregor with an African throne - made from decommissioned guns. 5/5 Neil MacGregor with a penny coin defaced by suffragettes with the words "Votes for women". 2/5 Neil MacGregor tells the story of the global trade in tea - with a Victorian tea set. 18/20 Neil MacGregor focuses on the age of enlightment when science and philosophy flourished. So far this week he has chosen things that deal with political and sexual revolution and that confront the disaster of global arms proliferation. 8/20 Neil MacGregor presents an omnibus edition of five more items in his history of humanity. Neil MacGregor explores the world along and beyond the Silk Road 1300 years ago. All episodes of A History of the World in 100 Objects Omnibus Exploration, Exploitation and Enlightenment (1680 - 1820 AD) homepage. A Tang poet of the time, Zhang Yue, commented: But living and dead do not return together. 4/5 Neil MacGregor with a credit card - one that is compliant with Sharia law. Read the excerpt from A History of the World in 100 Objects. In the Asia gallery at the north of the British Museum stand two statues of the judges of the Chinese Underworld, recording the good and the bad deeds of those who had died. Neil MacGregor examines religious relics from the 14th and 15th centuries. So the figures were just one element in the contents of Liu Tingxun’s tomb, which would also have contained sumptuous burial objects of silk and lacquer, silver and gold. Here he describes the object that he has picked as his last; it's a... Neil MacGregor's history of the world as told through things. Neil Macgregor retells humanity's history through the objects it has made. A History of the World in 100 Objects Omnibus. The figures are arranged in six pairs, and all of them are of just three colours: amber-yellow, green and brown. Today he tells the remarkable story of a Russian plate. The very last episode in Neil MacGregor's history of humanity as told through the things that time has left behind. Mass Production, Mass Persuasion (1780 - 1914 AD), Exploration, Exploitation and Enlightenment (1680 - 1820 AD), Tolerance and Intolerance (1550 - 1700 AD), The First Global Economy (1450 - 1600 AD), The Threshold of the Modern World (1375-1550 AD), Pilgrims, Raiders and Traders (900 - 1300 AD), Inside The Palace: Secrets At Court (700 - 950 AD), Ancient Pleasures, Modern Spice (1 - 600 AD), The First Cities and States (4000 - 2000 BC), The World in the Age of Confucius (500 - 300 BC), The Beginning of Science and Literature (1500 - 700 BC), After the Ice Age: Food and Sex (9000 - 3500 BC), A History of the World in 100 Objects Omnibus. He began with the political revolution that exploded In Russia in the 1920s and today he moves on to the sexual revolution of the 1960s. Now available for iPhone, iPad, Android and Alexa, This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. 1/5 Neil MacGregor nears the end of his world history - with a Russian revolutionary plate. Today he is with an instrument that first helped Europeans to navigate with precision around the world - a marine chronometer. Throughout this week he has been with objects that that speak of the great shifts in human organisation and thinking in the modern world. Bonus and ad-free content available with Stitcher Premium. Liu Tingxun was a loyal servant of the dynasty, and the whole assemblage of his tomb – figures, animals and obituary text – sums up many aspects of Tang China at its zenith, showing the close link between the military and the civil administration, the orderly prosperity that allowed, and controlled, such sophisticated artistic production, and the confidence with which power was exercised both at home and abroad. Neil Macgregor retells humanity's history through the objects it has made. The director of the British Museum in London has spent the past year choosing objects from the museum's vast collection to represent a two million year story of humanity. Liu Tingxun, as a very high-ranking official in that state, brought two ceramic bureaucrats with him into his tomb, presumably to take care of the everlasting admin. The book is compiled from transcripts of a 100-episode series on BBC Radio. The objects he has chosen this week have reflected on mass production and mass consumption in the 19th century. Once again it was re-carved - or re-branded - to make a political statement: near the tail of the … They were divided into various ministries – public works, the economy, a military board; and the largest of all was ritual. Five more items in Neil MacGregor's history of humanity through the objects it has made. It was taken to America during the years of the slave trade where it came into contact with Native Americans. A History of the World in 100 Objects Omnibus. It’s a two-by-two procession. Simple, cheap and clean - this is revolutionary technology for the future. Ceramic sculptures, from Henan Province, ChinaAROUND AD 728. Today he finds out what happened to Captain Cook as he was mapping and collecting in the Pacific. 6/20 Five more items in Neil MacGregor's history of humanity through the objects it has made.

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