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)
205. Babur: The Taking of Delhi
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204. Babur: The First Mughal Emperor
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203. Captain Hook, Peter Pan & The Dark Side of Neverland
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202. Long John Silver: The Truth Behind Treasure Island
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201. The Raj at War
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200. The East India Company’s Global Manhunt
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199. Robbing the World’s Wealthiest Dynasty
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198. The Pirate Trial of the Century
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197. The Pirate Hunter
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196. Blackbeard’s Reign of Terror
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195. Blackbeard & the Pirates of the Caribbean
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194. Empire of Numbers: Fibonacci and the Birth of Modern Money
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193. Empire of Numbers: The Indian Origin of Arabic Numerals
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192. Native American Chiefs, the Founding of Canada, and the KKK: Scots in Ameri...
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191. Slave, Slaver, Abolitionist: Three Scots in Africa
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190. Rags to Riches: The Scots in India
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189. Culloden: Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Last Stand
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188. Bonnie Prince Charlie: The Young Pretender
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187. The Birth of Britain
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186. Scotland: A Nation in Crisis
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185. The God Kings of Angkor Wat
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184. The Buddhist Merlin
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183. The Poet Kings: Taking Hinduism to Southeast Asia
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182. The Lady Macbeth of China
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181. The Dragon Empress: China’s Game of Thrones
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180. Gold & God: Connecting India & Ancient Rome
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179. The Golden Road: Rise of the Indosphere
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178. The Vietnam War: Nixon, Vietnamisation, and the Fall of Saigon
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177. The Vietnam War: Lyndon Johnson, Americanisation, and Operation Rolling Thu...
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176. The Vietnam War: The Rise of Ho Chi Minh
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175. The CIA vs Fidel Castro
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174. The Cuban Revolution
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173. The Korean War: Dividing the Peninsula
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172. The Birth of North Korea
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171. The Bengal Famine: Chaos in Calcutta
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170. The Bengal Famine: A Disaster on the Horizon
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169. Freedom Fighters Betrayed: Colonising the Philippines
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168. Teddy Roosevelt Takes on the Old World
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167. Paradise Lost: The Taking of Hawaii
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166. How To Hide An Empire
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165. A Massacre at Dawn
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164. How the West was Won: The Truth Behind the Westerns
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163. The Tattooed Girl: From Mormon to Native American
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162. The Oregon Trail & the Gold Rush
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161. The Trail of Tears
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160. Native Nations vs Thomas Jefferson
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159. The American Revolution: Building The New Rome (Ep 4)
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158. The American Revolution: Life, Liberty & The Pursuit of Happiness (Ep 3)
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157. The American Revolution: The Shot Heard Around the World (Ep 2)
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156. The American Revolution: No Taxation Without Representation (Ep 1)
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