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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115. The Great Conversion: How Iran became Shia
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114. The Persian Renaissance
41 min
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113. Timur: Scourge of God
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112. Ferdowsi: How One Poet Saved Persian Civil...
53 min
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111. Shackleton: The Hero of Antarctica
35 min
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110. Antarctica: The Continent that wouldn’t be...
40 min
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109. The Endeavour: Into the Unknown
41 min
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108. The Endeavour & the Great Southern Continent
49 min
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107. China's Greatest Admiral: The Story of Zhe...
39 min
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106. The Rise of Islam
41 min
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105. The Last Great War of Antiquity
44 min
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104. How Persian Religion Changed the World
49 min
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103. Alexander the Great: Defeating Darius
37 min
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102. Alexander the Great: The Conquest of Persia
46 min
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101. Salamis: Athens’ Revenge
45 min
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100. Thermopylae: Xerxes, Leonidas, and the 300
50 min
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99. Marathon and the Rise of Greece
41 min
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98. Darius the Great: Ruling from India to the ...
47 min
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97. Cyrus the Great: Building the First Superpower
51 min
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96. Empires of Iran
5 min
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95. The History of Putin's War
50 min
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Welcome to the Empire Club
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94. The Bloody History of Russia & Ukraine
48 min
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93. Murdering the Romanovs: The End of a Dynasty
43 min
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92. Killing Rasputin
44 min