In this history of the world that I'm trying to tell through 'things', this chipped stone from Africa - from modern Tanzania - is where it all begins.

在本系列，当我尝试着通过“物件”来讲叙一段世界历史时，这块来自非洲、来自现代坦桑尼亚所在地、带着劈痕的石头，便是一切的起点。

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This will be a show of Shanghai on behalf of China, a nation with a long history of civilization, showcasing the future orientation of modern world civilizations.

当得知上海成功申办2010年世博会时，我倍感欣喜，这是上海代表中国这样一个文明古国，在面向未来的世界现代文明舞台上的一次亮相。

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The Bund witnessed Shanghai's modern history. It was from the modern Shanghai marched towards prosperity and gained a prominent position in the world.

外滩是上海近代史的见证，近代上海，从外滩开始走向繁荣，走向世界。

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Monday marks the 83rd anniversary of the onset of the worst economic collapse in the history of the modern world: the Great Depression.

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Energy means power and not just the one generated by it for electricity and because of bad policies in the US we are witnessing the largest transfer of power in the history of the modern world.

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This was a politically catastrophic event of genocidal proportions in the modern history of the Muslim world.

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