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Re:A History of the World in 100 Objects (2010) by joosters on Sunday January 17, 2016 @07:28AM (#10919276)
I love the way that this series shows how much can be revealed by the simplest of objects. For example, the Oxus chariot - http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/sbCfsq5kSFak... - transcript: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/about/transcripts/ep...

It's a tiny (but intricate) model of a chariot, rider and passenger, and yet through this, the program explains how it reveals the vast orderly road network of an empire, the functioning of a state and the diversity of its religions and regions.

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