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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29. The Tudors and the Turks
50 min
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28. The Battle of Lepanto
46 min
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27. The Siege of Cyprus
38 min
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26. Suspicion and Sorrow in Suleiman's Court
36 min
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25. Suleiman the Magnificent
40 min
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24. The Fall of Constantinople
60 min
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23. The First of the Ottomans
36 min
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22. Byzantium and the Rise of the Turks
43 min
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21. The Ottoman Empire
5 min
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20. Nationhood, the Indian constitution, and th...
36 min
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19. Federal India, indentured labour, and naked...
44 min
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18. The Empire Implodes
49 min
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17. Rishi Sunak's Ancestry: Indians in East Africa
50 min
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16. Partition
49 min
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15. The Last Viceroy of India
51 min
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14. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
62 min
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13. The Patient Assassin
51 min
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12. Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary
61 min
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11. Queens and the Koh-i-Noor
39 min
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10. Killing for the Koh-i-Noor
55 min
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9. The Curse of the Koh-i-Noor
39 min
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8. The Koh-i-Noor Diamond
48 min
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7. Mahatma Gandhi
59 min
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6. Queen Elizabeth II & Empire
38 min
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5. The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
43 min