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?Empire Club: Become a member of the Empire Club to receive early access to miniseries, ad-free listening, early access to li...
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Episodes (406)
302. Orwell: The Anti-Imperialist In India & Burma (Part 1)
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301. Gaza: The First Arab-Israeli War & The Creation of The Gaza Strip (Part 11)
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300. Gaza: The 1948 War (Part 10)
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299. Gaza: The Palestinian Revolt, The Black and Tans, & Bomber Harris (Part 9)
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298. Gaza: The British Occupation of Palestine (Part 8)
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297. Gaza in WW1: A Rematch For Gallipoli (Part 7)
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296. Ottoman Gaza: Gunpowder Conquests & Rising Nationalism (Part 6)
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295. Crusader Gaza: Saladin & Richard The Lionheart (Part 5)
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294. Gaza & The Islamic Conquest (Part 4)
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293. The Gaza Erotic Literature Festival: Byzantine Gaza (Part 3)
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292. Ancient Gaza: From The Assyrians to The Romans (Part 2)
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291. Ancient Gaza: The Philistines (Part 1)
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290. Medieval India’s Alexander The Great: The Cholas (Part 2)
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289. Medieval India’s Game of Thrones: The Cholas (Part 1)
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288. Suez Crisis: The End of The British Empire (Part 5)
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287. Suez Crisis: Lies, Cyanide Pills, & Soviet Tanks (Part 4)
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286. Suez Crisis: Hungary Revolts & Britain Bombs Egypt (Part 3)
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285. Suez Crisis: The Secret Meeting Between Israel, Britain & France (Part 2)
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284. Suez Crisis: The British Imperialist vs The Arab Nationalist (Part 1)
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283. Partition: East Pakistan Becomes Bangladesh (Part 6)
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282. Partition: The Birth of The Kashmir Conflict (Part 5)
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281. Partition: Why Was India Split In Two? (Part 4)
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280. Partition: The Creation of Pakistan (Part 3)
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279. Partition: How Dubai Almost Became Part of India (Part 2)
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278. Partition: India’s Break With Burma (Part 1)
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277. America Drills Through Hell’s Gorge (Part 5)
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276. The Biggest Corruption Scandal in French History (Part 4)
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The Great Fire of London
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275. The Battle To Build The Panama Canal (Part 3)
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274. Pirates of Panama: Francis Drake Strikes Spain's Empire (Part 2)
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273. Panama’s Brutish Conquistador Who Found The Pacific and Lost His Head (Part...
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272. Solving The Mystery of America's Lost Colony
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271. Canada’s Dark Secret: Stolen Children, Unmarked Graves, & Survival Stories...
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270. The Day The Brits Burned The White House (Ep 4)
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269. Colonising Canada: The Truth Behind ‘The Last of The Mohicans’ (Ep 3)
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268. Colonising Canada: Why Does Quebec Speak French? (Ep 2)
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267. Colonising Canada: Kidnapping, Scurvy, & Fool’s Gold (Ep 1)
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266. American Greenland: Nazis, Secret Nuclear Bases, & Trump (Ep 4)
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265. Danish Greenland: Eradicating Inuit Culture (Ep 3)
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264. Viking Greenland: Mysteries of the Lost Norse Settlers (Ep 2)
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Murder in the Congo, The Cuban Missile Crisis, & India in the UN (EXTRACT)
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263. Viking Greenland: Erik The Red & Horny Zombies (Ep 1)
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262. Berlin Blockade: Airlift Across The Iron Curtain (Ep 2)
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261. Race To Berlin 1945: A Devastated City Divided (Ep 1)
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260. Yalta: Signing Away The Fate of The World (Ep 5)
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259. Eastern Europe & “The Great Betrayal” (Ep 4)
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258. The Big Three & The Big Carve Up (Ep 3)
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257. Churchill, FDR, & Mind Games at Yalta (Ep 2)
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256. Stalin & 8 Days That Changed The World (Ep 1)
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255. Victorian Narcos: From Opium To Fentanyl (Ep 9)
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