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A History of the World in 100 Objects

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Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, retells humanity's history through objects

Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, narrates 100 programmes that retell humanity's history through the objects we have made.

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Neil MacGregor with a credit card - one that is compliant with Sharia law.

Neil MacGregor is looking at the forces shaping our modern world. Today he tells the story of the credit card for Muslims, one that is compliant with Sharia law.

Neil MacGregor's history of the world as told through things. Throughout this week he is examining objects that speak of the great shifts in human organisation and thinking in the modern world - objects that raise questions about human lives, the environment and global resources. So far this week he has chosen things that deal with political and sexual revolution and that confront the disaster of global arms proliferation. In today's episode he considers the morality of modern global finance and its implication for the future. He tells the story with a credit card that is compliant with Islamic Sharia law - what does that mean and how does it work?  He talks to the Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, and to Razi Fakih of the HSBC bank.

Producer: Anthony Denselow


A History of the World in 100 Objects: The World of Our Making (1914 - 2010 AD)

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Neil MacGregor explores aspects of contemporary sexual, political and economic history.

Neil MacGregor concludes the series with five objects whose stories explore different aspects of our world from plastics to propaganda, sexual revolutions to war.

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