a historical perspective
Neil McGregor: History of the world in 100 objects
publ. 2011 -
Neil MacGregor & David Attenborough -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00r2hky
BBC Radio4 series: Swimming Reindeer -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/DyfP6g6dRN6WdwdnbIVbPw
Nigel Spivey: How Art Made The World
publ. 2005 -
Jared Diamond: Guns, Germs, and Steel (also BBC TV series broadcast 2009)
publ. 1997 -
The history of writing ancient numbers -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_ancient_numeral_systems
The printing revolution -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_press#The_Printing_Revolution
Werner Herzog: Cave of Forgotten Dreams
DVD publ. 2011 -