Empire

How do empires rise? Why do they fall? And how have they shaped the world around us today?


William Dalrymple and Anita Anand explore the stories, personalities and events of empire over the course of history.

History
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153. The Founding Fathers: Alexander Hamilton (...
19 min
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152. The Founding Fathers: Thomas Jefferson (Ep 2)
37 min
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151. The Founding Fathers: George Washington (E...
54 min
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150. Worlds Colliding: Seizing Settlers in New ...
36 min
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149. Pocahontas: Kidnapped in Virginia
45 min
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148. America: The Empire of Liberty
41 min
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147. Queen Victoria: Empress of India (Ep 4)
45 min
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146. Queen Victoria: The Empire on Which the Su...
45 min
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145. Victoria & Albert (Ep 2)
55 min
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144. The Making of Queen Victoria (Ep 1)
50 min
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143. Isabella of Castile: The Spanish Inquisiti...
51 min
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142. Isabella of Castile: Uniting Spain
43 min
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141. Nur Jahan: The Most Powerful Mughal Woman
35 min
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140. Nur Jahan: The Light of the World
40 min
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139. Mrs Genghis Khan
43 min
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138. The Graceful Reed: Ruling the Islamic Empire
40 min
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137. Empress Theodora: Making Heaven on Earth
52 min
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136. Empress Theodora: From the Brothel to the ...
38 min
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135. Helena: Queen of the World and Finder of t...
53 min
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134. Cleopatra: The Would-Be Empress of Rome
38 min
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133. Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile
43 min
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132. Journey to Nalanda and the Library of Jewels
43 min
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131. Buddhism Goes to China
32 min
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130. India meets Rome: Making the Image of the ...
43 min
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129. Ashoka: The Great Buddhist Emperor of India
47 min