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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201. The Raj at War
34 min
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200. The East India Company’s Global Manhunt
40 min
178
199. Robbing the World’s Wealthiest Dynasty
37 min
179
198. The Pirate Trial of the Century
37 min
180
197. The Pirate Hunter
37 min
181
196. Blackbeard’s Reign of Terror
37 min
182
195. Blackbeard & the Pirates of the Caribbean
36 min
183
194. Empire of Numbers: Fibonacci and the Birth...
36 min
184
193. Empire of Numbers: The Indian Origin of Ar...
40 min
185
192. Native American Chiefs, the Founding of Ca...
35 min
186
191. Slave, Slaver, Abolitionist: Three Scots i...
39 min
187
190. Rags to Riches: The Scots in India
47 min
188
189. Culloden: Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Last Stand
57 min
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188. Bonnie Prince Charlie: The Young Pretender
48 min
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187. The Birth of Britain
49 min
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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
193
184. The Buddhist Merlin
30 min
194
183. The Poet Kings: Taking Hinduism to Southea...
45 min
195
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
199
178. The Vietnam War: Nixon, Vietnamisation, an...
51 min
200
177. The Vietnam War: Lyndon Johnson, Americani...
53 min