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.
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128. The Life of the Buddha
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127. Inventing Curry: The British Taste for India
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126. Punch & Chilli: The East India Company at ...
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125. The Origin of the Houthis
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124. Saddam Hussein vs The Ayatollah
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123. Hezbollah: The Party of God
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122. Iran & Saudi Arabia: The Rivalry that Spli...
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121. The Fall of the Shah of Shahs
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120. The Iranian Revolution: The Rise of Ayatol...
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119. The Last Shah
48 min
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118. Iran's First Revolution
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117. Nader Shah: The Sword of Persia
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116. Isfahan: The City of Dreams
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115. The Great Conversion: How Iran became Shia
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114. The Persian Renaissance
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113. Timur: Scourge of God
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112. Ferdowsi: How One Poet Saved Persian Civil...
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111. Shackleton: The Hero of Antarctica
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110. Antarctica: The Continent that wouldn’t be...
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109. The Endeavour: Into the Unknown
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108. The Endeavour & the Great Southern Continent
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107. China's Greatest Admiral: The Story of Zhe...
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106. The Rise of Islam
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105. The Last Great War of Antiquity
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104. How Persian Religion Changed the World
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