Empire: World History

The rise and fall of empires and the events that shaped world history.

William Dalrymple and Anita Anand explore the intricate stories of revolutions, imperial wars, and the people who built and lost empires.

From the British Empire to the Ottomans to Ancient India, history is shaped by power struggles and territorial conquests. How does it continue to affect the world today?

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History
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82. Crimea: The War on Repeat
55 min
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81. The Graveyard of Empires
50 min
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80. 1842: The Retreat from Kabul
46 min
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79. Invading Afghanistan: The Return of a King
51 min
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78. The Battle of the Spies
46 min
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77. The Great Game Begins
49 min
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76. The Empress & The General
49 min
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75. Catherine the Great: The Golden Age
48 min
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74. Peter the Great: The First Emperor
57 min
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73. Ivan the Terrible and the Founding of Russia
49 min
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72. The Russian Empire and the Great Game
33 min
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71. Nazis, reparations, and laws 'just for the ...
33 min
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70. The Haitian Revolution, Dutch royals, and w...
37 min
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69. A Reckoning with Slavery
53 min
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68. The Long Death of Slavery
45 min
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67. Slavery's Demise
48 min
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66. Wilberforce and the Fight for Freedom
52 min
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65. When the Enslaved Took on Napoleon
48 min
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64. The Black Spartacus
45 min
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63. Creating Sierra Leone: The Land of the Free
41 min
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62. When Slaves Fought for the British Empire
46 min
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61. The Black Abolitionist
46 min
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60. Britain's Most Famous Slave
34 min
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59. Francis Barber: Abolition, the Navy, and th...
49 min
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58. Dr Johnson's Black Heir
43 min