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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79. Invading Afghanistan: The Return of a King
51 min
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78. The Battle of the Spies
46 min
128
77. The Great Game Begins
49 min
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76. The Empress & The General
49 min
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75. Catherine the Great: The Golden Age
48 min
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74. Peter the Great: The First Emperor
57 min
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73. Ivan the Terrible and the Founding of Russia
49 min
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72. The Russian Empire and the Great Game
33 min
134
71. Nazis, reparations, and laws 'just for the ...
33 min
135
70. The Haitian Revolution, Dutch royals, and w...
37 min
136
69. A Reckoning with Slavery
53 min
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68. The Long Death of Slavery
45 min
138
67. Slavery's Demise
48 min
139
66. Wilberforce and the Fight for Freedom
52 min
140
65. When the Enslaved Took on Napoleon
48 min
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64. The Black Spartacus
45 min
142
63. Creating Sierra Leone: The Land of the Free
41 min
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62. When Slaves Fought for the British Empire
46 min
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61. The Black Abolitionist
46 min
145
60. Britain's Most Famous Slave
34 min
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59. Francis Barber: Abolition, the Navy, and th...
49 min
147
58. Dr Johnson's Black Heir
43 min
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57. Tacky's Revolt: An Atlantic Slave War
42 min
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56. Tacky's Revolt: Causes of the Rebellion
46 min
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55. The Fall of the Royal African Company
44 min