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Empire: World History

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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…

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Empire: World History

398. Stalin: The Great Terror (Part 4)

397. Stalin: Killing Trotsky (Part 3)

396. Stalin: The Bolshevik Revolution (Part 2)

395. Stalin: The Rise of A Tyrant (Part 1)

394. Road To 9/11: Hijackers, CIA Failures, and America’s Darkest Day (Part 6)

393. Road To 9/11: Interviewing Bin Laden In The Caves of Tora Bora (Part 5)

392. Road To 9/11: Bin Laden vs Saudi Arabia (Part 4)

391. Road To 9/11: The Rise of Osama Bin Laden (Part 3)

390. Road To 9/11: The Soviet-Afghan War (Part 2)

389. Road To 9/11: Origin of Al-Qaeda (Part 1)

388. Viking Mythology: Thor, Ragnarok, & Jesus Christ (Ep 6)

387. The Vikings Invade Britain (Ep 5)

386. The Picts: Scotland’s Tattooed Warriors (Ep 4)

385. Saint Patrick: Slave, Rebel, & Ireland’s Patron Saint (Ep 3)

384. The Roman Invasion: Gods on Hadrian’s Wall (Ep 2)

383. Romans vs Druids: The War For Celtic Britain (Ep 1)

382. Empire of AI: Karen Hao On Today’s Hidden Colonialism (Ep 2)

381. Musk, Bezos & The New East India Companies (Ep 1)

380. Algerian Revolution: The Rise of Le Pen (Ep 6)

379. Algerian Revolution: Black Panthers, LSD, & Nina Simone (Ep 5)

378. Algerian Revolution: Birth of Independence (Ep 4)

377. Algerian Revolution: The Battle of Algiers (Ep 3)

376. Algerian Revolution: Repression and Rebellion (Ep 2)

375. Algerian Revolution: The French Invasion (Ep 1)

374. Ken Burns on the American Revolution and Empire

373. The Dark Truth About Mount Rushmore

372. The First British Indians: The Sisters Rejected By Queen Victoria (Ep 4)

371. The First British Indians: Last Sikh In Lahore (Ep 3)

370. The First British Indians: Saving Jews In Nazi Germany (Ep 2)

369. The First British Indians: The Suffragette Princess (Ep 1)

368. Ancient Egypt: The Origin of Abrahamic Religions? (Ep 7)

367. Ancient Egypt: “Tut-mania” And Tutankhamun’s Tomb (Ep 6)

366. Ancient Egypt: Tutankhamun The Boy King (Ep 5)

365. Ancient Egypt: Who Was Nefertiti? (Ep 4)

364. Ancient Egypt: The Fall of Akhenaten (Ep 3)

363. Ancient Egypt: Destroyer Of Gods – Pharaoh Akhenaten (Ep 2)

The Scandal That Shaped Partition: Heartbreak & Secret Deals

362. Ancient Egypt: Great Kings of The Bronze Age (Ep 1)

361. Louis Theroux On The Settlers, The Manosphere, & Tribalism

The Scandal That Shaped Partition: The Affair

360. Spice Wars: The Battle of the East India Companies (Ep 3)

359. Spice Wars: The Birth of New York (Ep 2)

The Scandal That Shaped Partition: The House of Mountbatten

358. Spice Wars: The Rise of the Dutch East India Company (Ep 1)

357. Liberator of Latin America: Revolutionary Hero Or Dictator? (Part 4)

The Scandal That Shaped Partition: India’s First Prime Minister

356. Liberator of Latin America: Descent Into Tyranny (Part 3)

Should The Koh-I-Noor Be Returned? Mamdani vs King Charles III EXPLAINED

355. Liberator of Latin America: Napoleon & The Legions of Hell (Part 2)

354. Liberator of Latin America: Simón Bolívar vs The Spanish Empire (Part 1)

353. Hezbollah, Hostages, & Exploding Pagers (Part 8)

352. Israel’s 1982 Invasion of Lebanon (Part 7)

351. Camp David: The Day Israel & Egypt Made Peace (Part 6)

350. 1973: The Yom Kippur War & The First Oil Crisis (Part 5)

What Is Life Like For Palestinians Under Occupation?

349. Occupation of The West Bank (Part 4)

348. How 1967 Changed The Middle East Forever (Part 3)

Jung Chang On Life Under Mao & Being Banned From China

347. The Six Day War (Part 2)

346. From Suez To The Palestinian Liberation Organisation (Part 1)

345. Chairman Mao: The Cultural Revolution (Ep 6)

344. Chairman Mao: The Great Leap Forward (Ep 5)

Christiane Amanpour On Iran & Trump’s Miscalculations

343. Lebanon: Hezbollah, Israel, & Fifty Years As A Battleground

342. Iran: The Three Ayatollahs – From Revolution to Dynasty

341. Chairman Mao: The Clash With Stalin (Ep 4)

340. Chairman Mao: World War II, Japanese Invasion, & Massacre in Nanjing (Ep 3)

339. Chairman Mao: China's Communist Uprising (Ep 2)

338.Chairman Mao: Birth of A Dictator (Ep 1)

337. Bronze Age Apocalypse: Philistines, Israelites, & Rebuilding The Ruins (Ep 6)

336. Bronze Age Apocalypse: How To Survive The End of The World (Ep 5)

335. Bronze Age Apocalypse: Solving The Mystery of The Collapse (Ep 4)

334. Bronze Age Apocalypse: Did Homer Write History? (Ep 3)

333. Bronze Age Apocalypse: The Fall of Troy with Stephen Fry (Ep 2)

332. Bronze Age Apocalypse: Before The Collapse (Ep 1)

331. The Iranian Revolution: Will The Shah Return To Iran? (Ep 2)

330. The Iranian Revolution: 1979 vs. 2026 (Ep 1)

329. Indian Uprising 1857: The British Raj is Born (Part 8)

328. Indian Uprising 1857: The Reign of Terror (Part 7)