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    Empire

    Empire

    Empire

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    Length:
    149 episodes
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Description

    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.
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Episodes1 - 10 of 149 episodes

    Title

    147. Queen Victoria: Empress of India (Ep 4)

    In 1877 Queen Victoria took on the title Empress of India, a nation which she undoubted...

    48 minutes
    		May 08, 2024

    146. Queen Victoria: The Empire on Which the Sun Never Sets (Ep 3)

    Across 1851, over 6,000,000 people went to London to see the Great Exhibition. Designed...

    48 minutes
    		May 06, 2024

    145. Victoria & Albert (Ep 2)

    It is one of the great love affairs of history. Upon meeting again shortly after her 18...

    58 minutes
    		May 01, 2024

    144. The Making of Queen Victoria (Ep 1)

    Born on the 24th May 1819, Alexandrina Victoria was fifth in line to the throne at a ti...

    53 minutes
    		Apr 29, 2024

    143. Isabella of Castile: The Spanish Inquisition, the conquest of Granada, and Columbus

    For centuries Spain had been an outlier in Europe due to its religious diversity; Chris...

    54 minutes
    		Apr 24, 2024

    142. Isabella of Castile: Uniting Spain

    To some she is Europe’s first great queen, to others she is one of history’s great vill...

    46 minutes
    		Apr 22, 2024

    141. Nur Jahan: The Most Powerful Mughal Woman

    With Jahangir sliding into more of an opium and alcohol fuelled slumber with each passi...

    38 minutes
    		Apr 17, 2024

    140. Nur Jahan: The Light of the World

    Nur Jahan was born on a roadside as her well-to-do parents fled from Safavid Persia for...

    43 minutes
    		Apr 15, 2024

    139. Mrs Genghis Khan

    Börte came from a powerful nomadic tribe and in many ways her marriage to Genghis Khan ...

    47 minutes
    		Apr 10, 2024

    138. The Graceful Reed: Ruling the Islamic Empire

    Sold as a slave to the great Abbasid Caliph, al-Khayzuran quickly rose to the very top ...

    43 minutes
    		Apr 08, 2024