Miniature of a Mughal Prince

A History of the World in 100 Objects by BBC

Sep 28, 201014:16Society & Culture

This week Neil MacGregor's history of the world is looking at the co-existence of faiths - peaceful or otherwise - across the globe around 400 years ago. Today he is in one of the great Islamic empires of the 16th and 17...

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