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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32. The Greatest Ottoman Adventurer
45 min
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31. Conquering the Night: The History of Coffee
50 min
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30. Sultanas to Slaves: Voices from the Harem
54 min
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29. The Tudors and the Turks
50 min
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28. The Battle of Lepanto
46 min
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27. The Siege of Cyprus
38 min
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26. Suspicion and Sorrow in Suleiman's Court
36 min
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25. Suleiman the Magnificent
40 min
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24. The Fall of Constantinople
60 min
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23. The First of the Ottomans
36 min
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22. Byzantium and the Rise of the Turks
43 min
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21. The Ottoman Empire
5 min
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20. Nationhood, the Indian constitution, and th...
36 min
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19. Federal India, indentured labour, and naked...
44 min
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18. The Empire Implodes
49 min
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17. Rishi Sunak's Ancestry: Indians in East Africa
50 min
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16. Partition
49 min
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15. The Last Viceroy of India
51 min
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14. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
62 min
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13. The Patient Assassin
51 min
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12. Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary
61 min
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11. Queens and the Koh-i-Noor
39 min
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10. Killing for the Koh-i-Noor
55 min
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9. The Curse of the Koh-i-Noor
39 min
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8. The Koh-i-Noor Diamond
48 min