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.

A History of the World in 100 Objects: The Beginning of Science and Literature (1500 - 700 BC): Flood tablet

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Neil MacGregor's world history - an account of a great flood much older than the Bible.

Neil MacGregor describes the discovery of a clay tablet pre-dating the Bible that tells a similar tale to the one of Noah and the flood. The implications shook the Christian world.

A small tablet was found in modern Iraq and brought back to the British Museum. When it was translated, back in 1872, it turned out to be an account of a great flood that significantly pre-dated the famous Biblical tale of Noah. This discovery caused a storm around the world and led to a passionate debate about the truth of the Bible - about story telling and the universality of legend. In a week that looks at the emergence new ways of expression like literature and mathematics, Neil MacGregor introduces us first to the British Museum's provocative "Flood Tablet".

A History of the World in 100 Objects: The Beginning of Science and Literature (1500 - 700 BC)

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4,000 years ago, societies began to express themselves through myth, maths and monuments

4,000 years ago societies were becoming more sophisticated. Among this week's objects are the earliest examples of literature and science

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