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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317. Churchill's Photographer: From Escaping Ge...
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316. Hitler's Photographer: Nazi Secrets, Eva B...
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315. Controversy, Colonialism, & V.S. Naipaul
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314. Rudyard Kipling: Villain or Visionary? (Pa...
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313. Rudyard Kipling: Escaping India & Writing ...
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312. Rudyard Kipling: Son of Empire (Part 1)
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311. Cricket In India: Beating The Brits At The...
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310. The Origin of The Ashes & The Killer Crick...
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309. Tintin, Nazis, & Soviets
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308. Asterix and Obelix, Babar The Elephant, & ...
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307. Austen vs Brontë: Unmasking Slavery Heires...
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306. Joseph Conrad: From Russian Exile To The H...
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305. Orwell: Dark Secrets, The CIA, & His Forgo...
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304. Orwell: Animal Farm, 1984 & Totalitarian D...
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303. Orwell: Fighting Fascism In The Spanish Ci...
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302. Orwell: The Anti-Imperialist In India & Bu...
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301. Gaza: The First Arab-Israeli War & The Cre...
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300. Gaza: The 1948 War (Part 10)
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299. Gaza: The Palestinian Revolt, The Black an...
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298. Gaza: The British Occupation of Palestine ...
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297. Gaza in WW1: A Rematch For Gallipoli (Part 7)
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296. Ottoman Gaza: Gunpowder Conquests & Rising...
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295. Crusader Gaza: Saladin & Richard The Lionh...
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294. Gaza & The Islamic Conquest (Part 4)
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293. The Gaza Erotic Literature Festival: Byzan...
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