I Just finished Neil MacGregor's A History of the World in 100 Objects, ranging from the 2 million years old stone chopping tool to a contemporary credit card and a solar lamp (with charger).
This is easily the most entertaining - and enlightening - book on global history out there (global in the true sense of the word; though I miss Greenland and Antarctica)! I highly recommend investing your time in it. :-)
This is easily the most entertaining - and enlightening - book on global history out there (global in the true sense of the word; though I miss Greenland and Antarctica)! I highly recommend investing your time in it. :-)