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A History of the World is a partnership between the 麻豆社 and the British Museum that focuses on world history, involving collaborations between teams across the 麻豆社, and schools, museums and audiences across the UK. The project focuses on the things we have made, from flint to mobile phone.

This week, Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores the world along and beyond the Silk Road in the 7th Century AD. It was a time when the teachings of the prophet Muhammad were transforming the Middle East forever.

He begins by discovering how the Syrian capital Damascus was rapidly becoming the centre of a new Islamic empire. His journey then takes him onwards to Korea, Peru and Sutton Hoo in Great Britain.