A History of the World in 100 Objects

by MacGregor, Neil

  21. Lachish Reliefs

  Collins, Paul, Assyrian Palace Sculptures (London, 2009)

  Collins, Paul, From Egypt to Babylon: The International Age 1550–500 BC (London, 2008)

  22. Sphinx of Taharqo

  Bonnet, Charles, and Dominique Valbelle, The Nubian Pharaohs: Black Kings on the Nile (Cairo, 2006)

  Welsby, Derek, The Kingdom of Kush: The Napatan and Meroitic Empires (London, 2002)

  23. Chinese Zhou Ritual Vessel

  Von Falkenhausen, Lothar, Chinese Society in the Age of Confucius (1000–250 BC) (Los Angeles, 2006)

  Hsu, Cho-yun, and Katheryn Linduff, Western Chou Civilization (New Haven, 1988)

  24. Paracas Textile

  Moseley, M. E., The Incas and Their Ancestors: The Archaeology of Peru (London, 2001)

  Paul, Anne, Paracas Ritual Attire: Symbols of Authority in Ancient Peru (Norman, Oklahoma, 1990)

  25. Gold Coin of Croesus

  Seaford, Richard, Money and the Early Greek Mind: Homer, Tragedy, and Philosophy (Cambridge, 2004)

  Schaps, David, The Invention of Coinage and the Monetization of Ancient Greece (Michigan, 2004)

  26. Oxus Chariot Model

  Briant, Pierre, From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire (Winona Lake, 2002)

  Curtis, John, Ancient Persia (London, 2000)

  27. Parthenon Sculpture: Centaur and Lapith

  Beard, Mary, The Parthenon (London, 2004)

  Jenkins, Ian, The Parthenon Sculptures in the British Museum (London, 2007)

  28. Basse-Yutz Flagons

  James, Simon, The World of the Celts (London, 2005)

  Megaw, Ruth and Vincent, Celtic Art from Its Beginnings to the Book of Kells (London, 2001)

  29. Olmec Stone Mask

  Diehl, Richard, The Olmecs: America’s First Civilization (London, 2004)

  Pool, Christopher, Olmec Archaeology and Early Mesoamerica (Cambridge, 2007)

  30. Chinese Bronze Bell

  von Falkenhausen, Lothar, Chinese Society in the Age of Confucius (1000–250 BC) (Los Angeles, 2006)

  So, Jenny F., Music in the Age of Confucius (Washington, 2000)

  31. Coin with Head of Alexander

  Bosworth, A. B., The Legacy of Alexander: Politics, Warfare, and Propaganda Under the Successors (Oxford, 2005)

  Lane Fox, Robin, Alexander the Great (London, 2006)

  32. Pillar of Ashoka

  Wood, Michael, The Story of India (London, 2007)

  Thapar, Romila, A’soka and the Decline of the Mauryas (Oxford, 1998)

  33. Rosetta Stone

  Parkinson, Richard, The Rosetta Stone (London 2005)

  Thompson, Dorothy J., ‘Literacy and Power in Ptolemaic Egypt’, in Alan K. Bowman and Greg Woolf (eds.), Literacy and Power in the Ancient World (Cambridge, 1994) pp. 67–83

  34. Chinese Han Lacquer Cup

  Barbieri Low, Anthony, Artisans in Early Imperial China (Washington DC, 2007)

  Lewis, Mark Edward, The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han (Harvard, 2007)

  35. Head of Augustus

  Eck, W., Age of Augustus (London, 2007)

  Southern, Pat, Augustus (New York, 1998)

  36. Warren Cup

  Clarke, John R., Looking at Lovemaking: Constructions of Sexuality in Roman Art 100 BC–AD 250 (Berkeley, 1998)

  Williams, Dyfri, The Warren Cup (London, 2006)

  37. North American Otter Pipe

  Milner, G., The Moundbuilders: Ancient Peoples of Eastern North America (London, 2004)

  Rafferty, Sean, and Rob Mann, Smoking and Culture: The Archaeology of Tobacco Pipes in Eastern North America (Knoxville, 2004)

  38. Ceremonial Ballgame Belt

  Evans, Susan Toby, Ancient Mexico and Central America: Archaeology and Culture (London, 2004)

  Whittington, E. Michael, The Sport of Life and Death: The Mesoamerican Ballgame (London, 2001)

  39. Admonitions Scroll

  Lewis, M. A., China Between Empires: The Northern and Southern Dynasties (Boston, 2009)

  McCausland, Shane, First Masterpiece of Chinese Painting: The Admonitions Scroll (London, 2003)

  40. Hoxne Pepper Pot

  Johns, Catherine, The Hoxne Late Roman Treasure: Gold Jewellery and Silver Plate (London, 2010)

  Tomber, Roberta, Indo-Roman Trade: from Pots to Pepper (London, 2008)

  41. Seated Buddha from Gandhara

  Berendt, Karl A., The Art of Gandhara in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, 2007)

  Zwalf, Vladimir, Buddhism: Art and Faith (London, 1985)

  42. Gold Coins of Kumaragupta I

  Thapar, Romila, The Penguin History of Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300 (London, 2002)

  Willis, Michael, The Archaeology of Hindu Ritual (Cambridge, 2009)

  43. Silver Plate Showing Shapur II

  Daryaee, Touyaj, Sasanian Persia: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (London, 2009)

  Harper, Prudence O., In search of a Cultural Identity: Monuments and Artefacts of the Sasanian Near East, 3rd to 7th century AD (New York, 2006)

  44. Hinton St Mary Mosaic

  Petts, David, Christianity in Roman Britain (Stroud, 2003)

  Mattingly, David, An Imperial Possession: Britain in the Roman Empire (London, 2007)

  45. Arabian Bronze Hand

  Gunter, A. C. (ed.), Caravan Kingdoms: Yemen and the Ancient Incense Trade (Washington, 2005)

  Simpson, St John, Queen of Sheba: Treasures from Ancient Yemen (London, 2002)

  46. Gold Coins of Abd al-Malik

  Crone, P., and M. Hinds, God’s Caliph: Religious Authority in the First Centuries of Islam (Cambridge, 2003)

  Robinson, Chase F., Abd al-Malik (Oxford, 2005)

  47. Sutton Hoo Helmet

  Carver, Martin, Sutton Hoo: Burial Ground of Kings (London, 2000)

  Campbell, James, The Anglo Saxons (London, 1991)

  Marzinzik, Sonja, The Sutton Hoo Helmet (London, 2007)

  48. Moche Warrior Pot

  Bawden, G., The Moche (Cambridge, 1999)

  Bourget, S., and K. L. Jones (eds.), The Art and Archaeology of the Moche (Austin, 2008)

  49. Korean Roof Tile

  Nelson, Sarah Milledge, The Archaeology of Korea (Cambridge, 1993)

  Portal, Jane, Korea: Art and Archaeology (London, 2000)

  Seth, Michael J., A Concise History of Korea: From the Neolithic Period to the Nineteenth Century (Lanham, 2006)

  50. Silk Princess Painting

  Baumer, Christoph, The Southern Silk Road: In the Steps of Sir Aurel Stein and Sven Hedin (Bangkok, 2000)

  Vainker, S., Chinese Silk: A Cultural History (London, 2004)

  51. Maya Relief of Royal Blood-letting

  Grube, Nilolai, and Simon Martin, Chronicle of the Mayan Kings and Queens: Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya (London, 2008)

  Freidel, David, and Linda Schele, A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya (London, 1990)

  52. Harem Wall-painting Fragments

  Irwin, Robert, The Arabian Nights: A Companion (London: 2009)

  Robinson, C. F., A Medieval Islamic City Reconsidered: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Samarra (Oxford, 2001)

  53. Lothair Crystal

  Kornbluth, Genevra, Engraved Gems of the Carolingian Empire (Pennsylvania, 1995)

  McKitterick, Rosamund, The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians 751–987 (London/New York, 1983)

  54. Statue of Tara

  Thapar, Romila, The Penguin History of Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300 (London, 2002)

  De Silva, K. M., A History of Sri Lanka (Berkeley, 1981)

  55. Chinese Tang Tomb Figures

  Michaelson, Carol, and Jane Portal, Chinese Art in Detail (London, 2006)

  Benn, Charles, China’s Golden Age: Everyday Life in the Tang Dynasty (Westport, 2002)

  56. Vale of York Hoard

  Ager, B., and G. Williams, The Vale of York Hoard (London, 2010)

  Holman, Katherine, The Northern
Conquest: Vikings in Britain and Ireland (Oxford, 2002)

  Graham-Campbell, J., and G. Williams (ed.), Silver Economy in the Viking Age (California, 2007)

  57. Hedwig Glass Beaker

  Klaniczay, Gabor, Holy Rulers and Blessed Princesses: Dynastic Cults in Medieval Central Europe (Cambridge, 2002)

  Riley-Smith, Jonathan, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades (Oxford, 2001)

  58. Japanese Bronze Mirror

  Morris, Ivan, World of the Shining Prince (New York, 1994)

  Shikibu, Murasaki, et al., Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan (New York, 2003)

  59. Borobudur Buddha Head

  Grabsky, P., The Lost Temple of Java (London, 1999)

  Lockard, C., Southeast Asia in World History (Oxford, 2009)

  60. Kilwa Pot Sherds

  Horton, M. C., and J. Middleton, The Swahili (Oxford, 2000)

  Mitchell, P., African Connections: Archaeological Perspectives on Africa and the Wider World (Maryland, 2005)

  61. Lewis Chessmen

  Robinson, James, The Lewis Chessmen (London, 2004)

  McDonald, Andrew R., The Kingdom of the Isles: Scotland’s Western Seaboard c.1100 – c.1336 (Edinburgh, 1997)

  62. Hebrew Astrolabe

  Lowney, Chris, A Vanished World: Muslims, Christians and Jews in Medieval Spain (Oxford, 2005)

  Webster, Roderick and Marjorie, Western Astrolabes (Chicago, 1998)

  63. Ife Head

  Davidson, Basil, West Africa before the Colonial Era (London/New York, 1998)

  Platte, Editha, Bronze Head from Ife (London, 2010)

  64. The David Vases

  Carswell, John, Blue & White: Chinese Porcelain Around the World (London, 2000)

  Brook, Timothy, The Confusions of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China (California, 1999)

  65. Taino Ritual Seat

  Oliver, Jose R., Caciques and Cemi Idols (Tuscaloosa, 2009)

  Wilson, Samuel M., The Archaeology of the Caribbean (Cambridge, 2007)

  66. Holy Thorn Reliquary

  Cherry, John, The Holy Thorn Reliquary (London, 2010)

  Benedicta Ward, Relics and the Medieval Mind (Malden/Oxford/Victoria, 2010)

  67. Icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy

  Cormack, Robin, Icons (London, 2007)

  Herrin, Judith, Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire (London, 2007)

  68. Shiva and Parvati Sculpture

  Blurton, Richard, Hindu Art (London, 1992)

  Elgood, Heather, Hinduism and the Religious Arts (London, 1999)

  69. Sculpture of Huastec Goddess

  Evans, Susan Toby, Ancient Mexico and Central America (London, 2004)

  McEwan, Colin, Ancient American Art in Detail (London, 2009)

  70. Hoa Hakananai’a Easter Island Statue

  Hooper, S., Pacific Encounters: Art and Divinity in Polynesia 1760–1860 (London, 2006)

  Van Tilburg, Jo Anne, Hoa Hakananai’a (London, 2004)

  71. Tughra of Suleiman the Magnificent

  Inalcik, Halil, The Ottoman Empire: The Classical Age 1300–1600 (Burtonsville, 2001)

  Rogers, J. M., and R. M. Ward, Süleyman the Magnificent (London, 1988)

  72. Ming Banknote

  Clunas, Craig, Empire of Great Brightness: Visual and Material Cultures of Ming China 1368–1644 (London, 2007)

  Brook, Timothy, Troubled Empire: China in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties (Harvard, 2010)

  73. Inca Gold Llama

  D’Altroy, Terence N., The Incas (Oxford, 2002)

  McEwan, Colin, Precolumbian Gold: Technology, Style and Iconography (London, 2000)

  74. Jade Dragon Cup

  Forbes Manz, Beatrice, The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane (Cambridge, 1989)

  Forbes Manz, Beatrice, Power, Politics and Religion in Timurid Iran (Cambridge, 2007)

  75. Dürer’s Rhinoceros

  Bartrum, Giulia, Albrecht Dürer and his Legacy: the Graphic Work of a Renaissance Artist (London, 2002)

  Bendini, Silvio A., The Pope’s Elephant (Austin, 1997)

  76. The Mechanical Galleon

  Evans, R. J. W., Rudolf II and his World: A Study in Intellectual History 1576–1612 (Oxford, 1973)

  Wolfe, Jessica, Humanism, Machinery and Renaissance Literature (Cambridge, 2004)

  77. Benin Plaque: The Oba with Europeans

  Plankensteiner, Barbara, Benin Kings and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria (Paris/Berlin, 2007)

  Girshick Ben-Amos, P., The Art of Benin (London, 1995)

  78. Double-headed Serpent

  Evans, Susan Toby, Ancient Mexico and Central America: Archaeology and Culture History (London, 2004)

  McEwan, C., et al., Turquoise Mosaics from Mexico (London, 2006)

  79. Kakiemon Elephants

  Impey, Oliver, Japanese Export Porcelain (Amsterdam, 2002)

  Cullen, A. M., A History of Japan 1582–1941: Internal and External Worlds (Cambridge, 2003)

  80. Pieces of Eight

  Stein, S. J. and B. H., Silver, Trade and War: Spain and America in the Making of Early Modern Europe (Baltimore, 2000)

  Vilar, P., A History of Gold and Money (London/New York, 1991)

  Elliott, John Huxtable, Empires of the Atlantic World: Britain and Spain in America 1492–1830 (New Haven, 2007)

  81. Shi’a Religious Parade Standard

  Canby, Sheila R., Shah ‘Abbas: The Remaking of Iran (London, 2009)

  Axworthy, Michael, A History of Iran: Empire of the Mind (New York, 2010)

  82. Miniature of a Mughal Prince

  Canby, Sheila R., Princes, Poets and Paladins: Islamic and Indian Paintings from the Collection of Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan (London, 1998)

  Stronge, Susan, Painting for the Mughal Emperor: The Art of the Book 1560–1660 (London, 2002)

  83. Shadow Puppet of Bima

  Scott-Kemball, Juene, Javanese Shadow Puppets (London, 1970)

  Tarling, Nicholas (ed.), The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia, Vol. 1, Part 2 (Cambridge, 1992)

  84. Mexican Codex Map

  Brotherston, Gordon, Painted Books from Mexico (London, 1995)

  Edgerton, S. Y., Theaters of Conversion: Religious Architecture and Indian Artisans in Colonial Mexico (Albuquerque, 2001)

  85. Reformation Centenary Broadsheet

  Wilson, Peter H., Europe’s Tragedy: A New History of the Thirty Years War (London, 2010)

  Pettegree, Andrew, Reformation and the Culture of Persuasion (Cambridge, 2005)

  MacCulloch, Diarmaid, The Reformation: A History (London, 2003)

  86. Akan Drum

  Reindorf, Carl C., History of the Gold Coast and Asante (Accra, 2007)

  McCaskie, T. C., State and Society in Pre-colonial Asante (Cambridge, 1995)

  87. Hawaiian Feather Helmet

  Lummis, Trevor, Pacific Paradises: The Discovery of Tahiti and Hawaii (Sutton, 2005)

  Forbes, David W., Encounters with Paradise: Views of Hawaii and its People, 1778–1941 (Honolulu, 1992)

  88. North American Buckskin Map

  Richter, Daniel K., Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America (Harvard, 2001)

  Warhus, Mark, Another America: Native American Maps and the History of Our Land (New York, 1997)

  89. Australian Bark Shield

  Nugent, Maria, Cook Was Here (Cambridge, 2009)

  Flood, Josephine, The Original Australians (Crows Nest, 2004)

  90. Jade Bi

  Elliott, Marc C., The Qianlong Emperor: Son of Heaven, Man of the World (Harlow, 2009)

  Rawson, Jessica, Chinese Jade: From the Neolithic to the Qing (London, 1995)

  81. Ship’s Chronometer from HMS Beagle

  Andrewes, W. (ed.), The Quest for Longitude (London, 1996)

  Glennie, P., and N. Thrift, Shaping the Day: A History of Timekeeping in England and Wales 1300–1800 (Oxford, 2009)

  92. Early Victorian Tea Set

  Macfarlane, A. and I., Green Gold: The Empire of Tea (London, 200
4)

  Dolan, Brian, Josiah Wedgwood, Entrepreneur to the Enlightenment (London, 2008)

  93. Hokusai’s The Great Wave

  Huffman, James L., Japan in World History (Oxford, 2010)

  Bouquillard, Jocelyn, Hokusai’s Mount Fuji: The Complete Views in Color (New York, 2007)

  94. Sudanese Slit Drum

  Green, Dominic, Three Empires on the Nile (New York, 2007)

  Johnson, Douglas H., The Root Causes of Sudan’s Civil Wars (Oxford, 2002)

  95. Suffragette-defaced Penny

  Phillips, Melanie, The Ascent of Woman: A History of the Suffragette Movement and the Ideas Behind It (London, 2004)

  Liddington, Jill, Rebel Girls: How Votes for Women Changed Edwardian Lives (London, 2006)

  96. Russian Revolutionary Plate

  King, David, Red Star Over Russia: A Visual History of the Soviet Union (London, 2010)

  Rudoe, Judy, Decorative Arts 1850–1950: The British Museum Collection (London, 1994)

  97. Hockney’s In the Dull Village

  Livingstone, Marco, David Hockney (World of Art Series)(London, 1993)

  Cavafy, C. P., Collected Poems, ed. George Savvidis, trans. Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard (Princeton, 1992)

  98. Throne of Weapons

  Bocola, S. (ed.), African Seats (London, 2002)

  Nordstrom, C., A Different Kind of War Story (Philadelphia, 1997)

  99. Credit Card

  Ritzer, George F., Explorations in the Sociology of Consumption: Fast Food, Credit Cards and Casinos (Thousand Oaks, 2001)

  Maurer, Bill, Mutual Life Limited: Islamic Banking, Alternative Currencies, Lateral Reason (Princeton, 2005)

  100. Solar-powered Lamp and Charger

  de Bruijn, Mirjam, Francis Nyamnjoh and Inge Brinkman (eds.), Mobile Phones: The New Talking Drums of Everyday Africa (Bamenda and Leiden, 2009)

  MacKay, David J. C., Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air (Cambridge, 2008)

  Boyle, Godfrey, Renewable Energy (2nd edn, Oxford 2004)

  Grimshaw, David J., and Sian Lewis, ‘Solar Power for the Poor: Facts and Figures’, 24th March 2010: www.scidev.net/en/features/solar-power-for-the-poor-facts-and-figures-1.html

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