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A History of the World [in 100 Objects]
British Museum and the BBC ^ | various

Posted on 12/04/2010 7:00:17 AM PST by AndyJackson

This is a website providing access to an online web and video presentation of the history of the world shown through 100 objects that are in the British museaum.

Of the 100 British Museum Objects , objects 1-10 are:


1: Mummy of Hornedjitef.
2: Olduvai stone chopping tool.
3: Olduvai handaxe.
4: Swimming reindeer
5: Clovis spear point.
6: Bird-shaped pestle.
7: Ain Sakhri lovers figurine.
8: Egyptian clay model of cattle.
9: Maya maize god statue.
10: Jomon pot.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: bbc; britishmuseum; chat; godsgravesglyphs; history
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Obviously a lot to see here and worth visiting over and over.
1 posted on 12/04/2010 7:00:22 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: SunkenCiv

ping


2 posted on 12/04/2010 7:00:50 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: AndyJackson

What’s missing...a map of the world...way back when...


3 posted on 12/04/2010 7:05:20 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: AndyJackson
10: Jomon pot

We're jomon'...
I wanna jomon wid you.
We're jomon', jomon',
And I hope you like jomon', too.

4 posted on 12/04/2010 7:07:02 AM PST by theDentist (fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: AndyJackson
Somehow, it seems to short the accomplishments of Europeans and Americans. Where is Gutenberg's printing press or at least one of Bibles from this press? Where is Watt's steam engine, a Model T Ford, Marconi's radio, an Engima machine, Einstein's original draft of the Special Theory of Relativity, Philo Farnsworth's idiot box, a musket, rifle, or revolver, a Supermarine Spitfire, a Panzer Tank, an AK-47, a Goddard rocket?

I could go on, but what the museum has is a collection of esoterica, not history.

5 posted on 12/04/2010 7:13:41 AM PST by kosciusko51
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To: kosciusko51

Thank you. I was about to make the same point.


6 posted on 12/04/2010 7:15:56 AM PST by LibWhacker
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To: AndyJackson

I went to the British Museum this week and passed that special exhibit by — there’s too much to see in all the other rooms!


7 posted on 12/04/2010 7:17:23 AM PST by Moonmad27
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To: AndyJackson
Item number 14, Jade Axe , is very interesting. If you click on it you are taken to another window that lets you magnify the view of the Axe. Look at the left side of the Axe it is very finely serrated.


8 posted on 12/04/2010 7:19:59 AM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: AndyJackson

Any list of the 100 most important artifacts for understanding human progress has to include the Antikythera Mechanism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism


9 posted on 12/04/2010 7:21:19 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Socialists are to economics what circle squarers are to math; undaunted by reason or derision.)
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To: AndyJackson

Does the list end with a burka and a hijab? That is how civilization is ending.


10 posted on 12/04/2010 7:21:37 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Thank you for the link on that very interesting object. One reason it is not in the list is that the list is of objects that are in the British Museum.


11 posted on 12/04/2010 7:24:54 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: AndyJackson
No cross? No pieta? Nothing representative of the faith that transformed the world?
12 posted on 12/04/2010 7:26:13 AM PST by Oratam
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To: SunkenCiv; AndyJackson

13 posted on 12/04/2010 7:26:31 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: kosciusko51

Even so, it was a fascinating series.


14 posted on 12/04/2010 7:28:08 AM PST by GAB-1955 (I write books, love my wife, serve my nation, and believe in the Resurrection.)
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To: kosciusko51

Don’t meant to knit pick but, in the interest of precision, Gutenburg did not invent the printing press, although his was one of the earliest. His invention of movable type, which supplanted wood block printing, started the Printing Revolution and is widely regarded as the most important event of the modern period.


15 posted on 12/04/2010 7:29:52 AM PST by luvbach1 (Stop Barry now. He can't help himself.)
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To: AndyJackson

If they are going to pick a chronometer, they ought to pick the one on HMS Endeavor, not HMS Beagle. HMS Endeavor did some serious cartography. Anyway, it’s nitpicking, certainly, the British invention of the ship’s chronometer in the 18th Century was a milestone in history.


16 posted on 12/04/2010 7:32:25 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Socialists are to economics what circle squarers are to math; undaunted by reason or derision.)
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To: GAB-1955
I would agree that the prehistoric items are definitely fascinating, since they are rare and offer a glimpse at life in those times.

For the modern era, it should be firsts or superlatives of transformative items, not just some shiny doodads.

17 posted on 12/04/2010 7:33:01 AM PST by kosciusko51
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To: martin_fierro

Chock full o nuts coffee?


18 posted on 12/04/2010 7:33:42 AM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: luvbach1

Not to “nit-pick” either, but I listed several transformative items, and did not list necessarily “firsts”. Movable type and the Gutenburg Bible lead a revolutionary change in the modern world.


19 posted on 12/04/2010 7:37:08 AM PST by kosciusko51
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To: AndyJackson

The radio program(me) is wonderful. You can quibble about the items they selected, but the history behind the ones they chose is interesting nonetheless.


20 posted on 12/04/2010 7:42:50 AM PST by Andyman (The truth shall make you FReep.)
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