Empire

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.

Episodes

Title Duration Published Consumed
194. Empire of Numbers: Fibonacci and the Birth of Modern Money 00:41:18 2024-10-15 01:10
193. Empire of Numbers: The Indian Origin of Arabic Numerals 00:46:01 2024-10-10 01:10
192. Native American Chiefs, the Founding of Canada, and the KKK: Scots in America 00:41:12 2024-10-08 01:10
191. Slave, Slaver, Abolitionist: Three Scots in Africa 00:45:14 2024-10-03 01:10
190. Rags to Riches: The Scots in India 00:53:07 2024-10-01 01:10
189. Culloden: Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Last Stand 01:02:56 2024-09-26 01:10
188. Bonnie Prince Charlie: The Young Pretender 00:53:44 2024-09-24 01:10
187. The Birth of Britain 00:55:12 2024-09-19 01:10
186. Scotland: A Nation in Crisis 00:55:25 2024-09-17 01:10
185. The God Kings of Angkor Wat 00:55:20 2024-09-12 01:10
184. The Buddhist Merlin 00:35:17 2024-09-10 01:10
183. The Poet Kings: Taking Hinduism to Southeast Asia 00:50:35 2024-09-05 01:10
182. The Lady Macbeth of China 00:53:16 2024-09-03 01:00
181. The Dragon Empress: China’s Game of Thrones 00:36:14 2024-08-29 01:00
180. Gold & God: Connecting India & Ancient Rome 00:43:09 2024-08-27 01:10
179. The Golden Road: Rise of the Indosphere 00:43:58 2024-08-22 01:00
178. The Vietnam War: Nixon, Vietnamisation, and the Fall of Saigon 00:57:13 2024-08-20 01:20
177. The Vietnam War: Lyndon Johnson, Americanisation, and Operation Rolling Thunder 00:58:57 2024-08-15 01:10
176. The Vietnam War: The Rise of Ho Chi Minh 01:04:10 2024-08-13 01:10
175. The CIA vs Fidel Castro 00:56:06 2024-08-08 01:30
174. The Cuban Revolution 00:58:59 2024-08-06 01:30
173. The Korean War: Dividing the Peninsula 00:50:54 2024-08-01 01:30
172. The Birth of North Korea 00:46:58 2024-07-30 01:30
171. The Bengal Famine: Chaos in Calcutta 00:43:51 2024-07-25 01:30
170. The Bengal Famine: A Disaster on the Horizon 00:44:07 2024-07-23 01:30
169. Freedom Fighters Betrayed: Colonising the Philippines 00:41:51 2024-07-18 01:30
168. Teddy Roosevelt Takes on the Old World 00:50:27 2024-07-16 01:00
167. Paradise Lost: The Taking of Hawaii 00:47:21 2024-07-11 01:30
166. How To Hide An Empire 00:39:43 2024-07-09 01:00
165. A Massacre at Dawn 00:51:09 2024-07-04 01:30
164. How the West was Won: The Truth Behind the Westerns 00:49:56 2024-07-02 01:30
163. The Tattooed Girl: From Mormon to Native American 00:42:26 2024-06-27 01:30
162. The Oregon Trail & the Gold Rush 00:47:02 2024-06-25 01:30
161. The Trail of Tears 00:40:52 2024-06-20 01:30
160. Native Nations vs Thomas Jefferson 00:46:28 2024-06-18 01:30
159. The American Revolution: Building The New Rome (Ep 4) 00:38:39 2024-06-13 01:30
158. The American Revolution: Life, Liberty & The Pursuit of Happiness (Ep 3) 00:58:56 2024-06-11 01:00
157. The American Revolution: The Shot Heard Around the World (Ep 2) 00:50:44 2024-06-06 01:30
156. The American Revolution: No Taxation Without Representation (Ep 1) 00:47:21 2024-06-04 01:30
155. The Founding Fathers: Benjamin Franklin (Ep 5) 00:39:28 2024-05-31 01:30
154. The Founding Fathers: John Adams (Ep 4) 00:31:13 2024-05-30 01:30
153. The Founding Fathers: Alexander Hamilton (Ep 3) 00:23:08 2024-05-29 01:30
152. The Founding Fathers: Thomas Jefferson (Ep 2) 00:40:23 2024-05-28 01:30
151. The Founding Fathers: George Washington (Ep 1) 00:57:22 2024-05-23 01:30
150. Worlds Colliding: Seizing Settlers in New England 00:39:51 2024-05-21 01:30
149. Pocahontas: Kidnapped in Virginia 00:48:34 2024-05-16 01:30
148. America: The Empire of Liberty 00:44:45 2024-05-14 01:30
147. Queen Victoria: Empress of India (Ep 4) 00:48:21 2024-05-09 01:30
146. Queen Victoria: The Empire on Which the Sun Never Sets (Ep 3) 00:48:37 2024-05-07 01:30
145. Victoria & Albert (Ep 2) 00:58:59 2024-05-02 01:30
144. The Making of Queen Victoria (Ep 1) 00:53:54 2024-04-30 01:30
143. Isabella of Castile: The Spanish Inquisition, the Conquest of Granada, and Columbus 00:54:37 2024-04-25 01:30
142. Isabella of Castile: Uniting Spain 00:46:49 2024-04-23 01:30
141. Nur Jahan: The Most Powerful Mughal Woman 00:38:36 2024-04-18 01:30
140. Nur Jahan: The Light of the World 00:43:15 2024-04-16 01:30
139. Mrs Genghis Khan 00:47:10 2024-04-11 01:30
138. The Graceful Reed: Ruling the Islamic Empire 00:43:18 2024-04-09 01:30
137. Empress Theodora: Making Heaven on Earth 00:55:37 2024-04-04 01:30
136. Empress Theodora: From the Brothel to the Throne 00:41:32 2024-04-02 01:30
135. Helena: Queen of the World and Finder of the One True Cross 00:56:51 2024-03-28 01:30
134. Cleopatra: The Would-Be Empress of Rome 00:41:53 2024-03-26 01:30
133. Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile 00:47:01 2024-03-21 01:30
132. Journey to Nalanda and the Library of Jewels 00:46:38 2024-03-19 01:30
131. Buddhism Goes to China 00:36:12 2024-03-14 01:30
130. India meets Rome: Making the Image of the Buddha 00:46:25 2024-03-12 01:30
129. Ashoka: The Great Buddhist Emperor of India 00:50:47 2024-03-07 01:30
128. The Life of the Buddha 00:55:19 2024-03-05 01:30
127. Inventing Curry: The British Taste for India 00:42:47 2024-02-29 01:30
126. Punch & Chilli: The East India Company at the Table 00:51:50 2024-02-27 01:30
125. The Origin of the Houthis 00:56:38 2024-02-22 01:30
124. Saddam Hussein vs The Ayatollah 00:51:17 2024-02-20 01:30
123. Hezbollah: The Party of God 00:47:59 2024-02-15 01:30
122. Iran & Saudi Arabia: The Rivalry that Split the Islamic World 00:50:55 2024-02-13 01:30
121. The Fall of the Shah of Shahs 00:51:25 2024-02-08 01:30
120. The Iranian Revolution: The Rise of Ayatollah Khomeini 00:41:27 2024-02-06 01:30
119. The Last Shah 00:51:50 2024-02-01 01:30
118. Iran's First Revolution 00:56:40 2024-01-30 01:30
117. Nader Shah: The Sword of Persia 00:55:29 2024-01-25 03:00
116. Isfahan: The City of Dreams 00:52:21 2024-01-23 03:00
115. The Great Conversion: How Iran became Shia 00:53:08 2024-01-18 03:00
114. The Persian Renaissance 00:44:27 2024-01-16 03:00
113. Timur: Scourge of God 00:42:27 2024-01-11 03:00
112. Ferdowsi: How One Poet Saved Persian Civilisation 00:56:41 2024-01-09 03:00
111. Shackleton: The Hero of Antarctica 00:38:56 2024-01-04 03:00
110. Antarctica: The Continent that wouldn’t be Conquered 00:43:28 2024-01-02 03:00
109. The Endeavour: Into the Unknown 00:44:58 2023-12-28 03:00
108. The Endeavour & the Great Southern Continent 00:52:17 2023-12-26 03:00
107. China's Greatest Admiral: The Story of Zheng He 00:42:17 2023-12-19 03:00
106. The Rise of Islam 00:44:55 2023-12-14 03:00
105. The Last Great War of Antiquity 00:47:49 2023-12-12 03:00
104. How Persian Religion Changed the World 00:52:31 2023-12-07 03:00
103. Alexander the Great: Defeating Darius 00:41:02 2023-12-05 03:00
102. Alexander the Great: The Conquest of Persia 00:49:43 2023-11-30 03:00
101. Salamis: Athens’ Revenge 00:48:39 2023-11-28 03:00
100. Thermopylae: Xerxes, Leonidas, and the 300 00:54:06 2023-11-23 03:00
99. Marathon and the Rise of Greece 00:44:46 2023-11-21 03:00
98. Darius the Great: Ruling from India to the Mediterranean 00:51:00 2023-11-16 03:00
97. Cyrus the Great: Building the First Superpower 00:54:58 2023-11-14 03:00
96. Empires of Iran 00:07:57 2023-11-09 03:00
95. The History of Putin's War 00:53:37 2023-11-07 03:00
Welcome to the Empire Club 00:11:45 2023-11-06 03:00
94. The Bloody History of Russia & Ukraine 00:51:45 2023-11-02 03:00
93. Murdering the Romanovs: The End of a Dynasty 00:46:44 2023-10-31 03:00
92. Killing Rasputin 00:47:30 2023-10-26 03:00
91. Lenin and The Rise of the Bolsheviks 01:00:28 2023-10-24 03:00
90. The Russian Revolution: Overthrowing the Tsar 00:56:01 2023-10-19 03:00
89. The Final Act of the Great Game 00:57:37 2023-10-17 03:00
88. The Russo-Japanese War: Asia Strikes Back 00:49:40 2023-10-12 03:00
87. Tolstoy: War and the Russian Empire 00:54:23 2023-10-10 03:00
86. Crushing the Khans: Russia Seizes the Centre of the World 00:46:08 2023-10-05 03:00
85. The Russian Conquest of America 00:53:53 2023-10-03 03:00
84. A Tale of Two Nurses: Seacole & Nightingale 00:54:09 2023-09-28 03:00
83. The Charge of the Light Brigade 00:49:39 2023-09-26 03:00
82. Crimea: The War on Repeat 00:58:32 2023-09-21 03:00
81. The Graveyard of Empires 00:53:50 2023-09-19 03:00
80. 1842: The Retreat from Kabul 00:50:04 2023-09-14 03:00
79. Invading Afghanistan: The Return of a King 00:54:57 2023-09-12 03:00
78. The Battle of the Spies 00:50:11 2023-09-07 03:00
77. The Great Game Begins 00:52:56 2023-09-05 03:00
76. The Empress & The General 00:52:20 2023-08-31 03:00
75. Catherine the Great: The Golden Age 00:51:23 2023-08-29 03:00
74. Peter the Great: The First Emperor 01:00:44 2023-08-24 03:00
73. Ivan the Terrible and the Founding of Russia 00:52:32 2023-08-22 03:00
72. The Russian Empire and the Great Game 00:36:55 2023-08-15 03:00
71. Nazis, reparations, and laws 'just for the English to see' 00:36:54 2023-08-10 03:00
70. The Haitian Revolution, Dutch royals, and what happened to the Caribs? 00:40:38 2023-08-08 03:00
69. A Reckoning with Slavery 00:56:42 2023-08-01 03:00
68. The Long Death of Slavery 00:48:04 2023-07-25 03:00
67. Slavery's Demise 00:51:18 2023-07-20 03:00
66. Wilberforce and the Fight for Freedom 00:55:25 2023-07-18 03:00
65. When the Enslaved Took on Napoleon 00:51:32 2023-07-13 03:00
64. The Black Spartacus 00:48:16 2023-07-11 03:00
63. Creating Sierra Leone: The Land of the Free 00:44:47 2023-07-06 03:00
62. When Slaves Fought for the British Empire 00:49:28 2023-07-04 03:00
61. The Black Abolitionist 00:49:04 2023-06-29 03:00
60. Britain's Most Famous Slave 00:37:19 2023-06-27 03:00
59. Francis Barber: Abolition, the Navy, and the Enlightenment 00:52:13 2023-06-22 01:00
58. Dr Johnson's Black Heir 00:46:01 2023-06-20 03:00
57. Tacky's Revolt: An Atlantic Slave War 00:45:15 2023-06-15 03:00
56. Tacky's Revolt: Causes of the Rebellion 00:49:49 2023-06-13 03:00
55. The Fall of the Royal African Company 00:47:08 2023-06-08 03:00
54. Royal African Company: Slavery Inc 00:40:42 2023-06-06 03:00
53. Barbary Corsairs: Raiding the British isles 00:51:43 2023-05-30 03:00
52. The Slave who Ruled 00:56:48 2023-05-23 03:00
51. Vikings: Slavs to Slaves 00:51:27 2023-05-16 03:00
50. Rome: A Slave Society 00:57:26 2023-05-09 03:00
49. The Dawn of Everything 00:57:22 2023-05-04 03:00
48. The History of Slavery 00:15:48 2023-05-02 03:00
47. Rebels Against the Raj 00:41:42 2023-04-27 03:00
46. The Mau Mau, the court case, and the hidden documents 00:50:51 2023-04-25 03:00
45. Successors to the Romans, progressive harems, and living Ottomans 00:38:57 2023-04-20 03:00
44. The Legacy of the Ottomans, Queen of the Desert, and giant turbans 00:45:47 2023-04-18 03:00
43. The Birth of Saudi Arabia 01:02:00 2023-04-11 03:00
42. The Fiery End of the Ottoman Empire 00:50:49 2023-04-06 03:00
41. The Rise of Ataturk 00:53:57 2023-04-04 03:00
40. Origins of the Israel-Palestine Conflict 00:51:49 2023-03-28 03:00
39. Lawrence of Arabia and the Arab Revolt 01:01:30 2023-03-21 03:00
38. Sykes-Picot: Carving up the Middle-East 01:02:13 2023-03-14 03:00
37. The Armenian Genocide: Death Marches 00:39:38 2023-03-09 03:00
36. The Armenian Genocide: Road to the Deportations 00:44:08 2023-03-07 03:00
35. Gallipoli: Death at the Cliff Edge 01:04:47 2023-02-28 03:00
34. The Sick Man of Europe 00:59:53 2023-02-21 03:00
33. Lady Mary: Our Woman in Constantinople 00:58:06 2023-02-14 03:00
32. The Greatest Ottoman Adventurer 00:50:13 2023-02-07 03:00
31. Conquering the Night: The History of Coffee 00:55:41 2023-01-31 03:00
30. Sultanas to Slaves: Voices from the Harem 00:59:58 2023-01-24 03:00
29. The Tudors and the Turks 00:55:42 2023-01-17 03:00
28. The Battle of Lepanto 00:51:50 2023-01-12 03:00
27. The Siege of Cyprus 00:43:33 2023-01-10 03:00
26. Suspicion and Sorrow in Suleiman's Court 00:41:10 2023-01-03 03:00
25. Suleiman the Magnificent 00:45:41 2022-12-27 03:00
24. The Fall of Constantinople 01:05:03 2022-12-20 03:00
23. The First of the Ottomans 00:41:28 2022-12-13 03:05
22. Byzantium and the Rise of the Turks 00:48:28 2022-12-13 03:00
21. The Ottoman Empire 00:07:27 2022-12-13 02:55
20. Nationhood, the Indian constitution, and the railways 00:41:16 2022-12-01 03:00
19. Federal India, indentured labour, and naked yogis 00:49:22 2022-11-29 03:00
18. The Empire Implodes 00:54:45 2022-11-22 03:00
17. Rishi Sunak's Ancestry: Indians in East Africa 00:55:56 2022-11-15 03:00
16. Partition 00:54:54 2022-11-08 03:00
15. The Last Viceroy of India 00:56:26 2022-11-01 03:00
14. Muhammad Ali Jinnah 01:07:59 2022-10-25 03:00
13. The Patient Assassin 00:56:29 2022-10-18 03:00
12. Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary 01:06:31 2022-10-11 03:00
11. Queens and the Koh-i-Noor 00:44:19 2022-10-06 03:00
10. Killing for the Koh-i-Noor 01:00:07 2022-10-04 03:00
9. The Curse of the Koh-i-Noor 00:44:10 2022-09-29 03:00
8. The Koh-i-Noor Diamond 00:53:58 2022-09-27 03:00
7. Mahatma Gandhi 01:04:59 2022-09-20 03:00
6. Queen Elizabeth II & Empire 00:38:33 2022-09-13 03:00
5. The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 00:48:38 2022-09-06 03:00
4. Between Two Massacres: 1857-1919 00:44:25 2022-08-30 03:00
3. Mutiny, Uprising, and Rebellion 00:54:13 2022-08-23 03:00
2. Company Rule in India 00:52:36 2022-08-16 03:05
1. The East India Company 01:04:32 2022-08-16 03:00
Trailer 00:00:50 2022-08-12 15:19