A History of the World in 100 Objects - Old World, New Powers (1100 - 300 BC)
From the very first coinage to burial shrouds, Neil MacGregor decodes five objects to reveal the ambition of new regimes across the world.
A History of the World in 100 Objects - Old World, New Powers (1100 - 300 BC) - Chinese Zhou Ritual Vessel
Director of the British Museum Neil MacGregor retells humanity's history using 100 selected objects from the Museum. A 3,000-year-old Chinese ritual and a bronze burial object.
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A History of the World in 100 Objects - Old World, New Powers (1100 - 300 BC) - Gold Coin of Croesus
Neil MacGregor continues his world history told through objects at the British Museum with the world's first proper coins that made King Croesus so rich.
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A History of the World in 100 Objects - Old World, New Powers (1100 - 300 BC) - Lachish Reliefs
Neil MacGregor entounteres the huge stone carvings that describe an epic seige in Judah in 701BC.
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A History of the World in 100 Objects - Old World, New Powers (1100 - 300 BC) - Paracas Textile
Neil MacGregor shows off textiles discovered in the Paracas peninsula on the southern coast of Peru and tries to piece together what life might have been like there around 500 BC.
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A History of the World in 100 Objects - Old World, New Powers (1100 - 300 BC) - Sphinx of Taharqo
Neil MacGregor continues to describe the movement of great powers around the globe some 3,000 years ago. How Egypt was conquered by Sudan and the black sphinx that proves it.
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