Empire

The rise and fall of empires, rulers, 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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186. Scotland: A Nation in Crisis
50 min
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185. The God Kings of Angkor Wat
50 min
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184. The Buddhist Merlin
30 min
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183. The Poet Kings: Taking Hinduism to Southea...
45 min
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182. The Lady Macbeth of China
48 min
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181. The Dragon Empress: China’s Game of Thrones
30 min
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180. Gold & God: Connecting India & Ancient Rome
37 min
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179. The Golden Road: Rise of the Indosphere
38 min
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178. The Vietnam War: Nixon, Vietnamisation, an...
51 min
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177. The Vietnam War: Lyndon Johnson, Americani...
53 min
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176. The Vietnam War: The Rise of Ho Chi Minh
58 min
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175. The CIA vs Fidel Castro
50 min
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174. The Cuban Revolution
53 min
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173. The Korean War: Dividing the Peninsula
47 min
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172. The Birth of North Korea
43 min
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171. The Bengal Famine: Chaos in Calcutta
40 min
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170. The Bengal Famine: A Disaster on the Horizon
40 min
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169. Freedom Fighters Betrayed: Colonising the ...
38 min
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168. Teddy Roosevelt Takes on the Old World
47 min
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167. Paradise Lost: The Taking of Hawaii
44 min
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166. How To Hide An Empire
36 min
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165. A Massacre at Dawn
47 min
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164. How the West was Won: The Truth Behind the...
46 min
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163. The Tattooed Girl: From Mormon to Native ...
39 min
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162. The Oregon Trail & the Gold Rush
43 min