Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple, is interviewed by Kirsty Young. 
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Where these objects were found
86 Akan drum
87 Hawaiian feather helmet
88 North American buckskin map
89 Australian bark shield
90 Jade bi -
Exploration, Exploitation and Enlightenment (AD 1680-1820)
The Enlightenment (1680–1820) was an age in which scientific learning and philosophy flourished. Although often associated with reason, liberty and progress, the Enlightenment was also a period of European imperial expansion when the transatlantic slave trade was at its height. Important advances in navigation allowed European sailors to explore the Pacific more thoroughly, and for the first time the indigenous cultures of Hawaii and Australia were connected with the rest of the world. Europe was not the world’s only successful growing economy, China, under the Qing dynasty, was regarded by many as the greatest empire the world had ever seen.
Shakespeare's Restless World
Neil MacGregor uncovers Shakespeare's world through twenty objects.
