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Power & Empire

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EVENTSouth Asia
1947

The Partition of India

South Asia

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7 minAudio
BOOK

Empire of Cotton

by Sven Beckert

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7 minAudio
EVENTEurasia
1206 to 1279

The Mongol Conquests

Eurasia

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7 minAudio
EVENTAfrica and Europe
1884 to 1914

The Scramble for Africa

Africa and Europe

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8 minAudio
BOOK

The Silk Roads

by Peter Frankopan

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7 minAudio
EVENTChina and Central Asia
206 BCE to 220 CE

The Han Dynasty

China and Central Asia

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8 minAudio
EVENTEastern Mediterranean, the Balkans, and the Near East
1520 to 1566

The Ottoman Empire under Suleiman

Eastern Mediterranean, the Balkans, and the Near East

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7 minAudio
EVENTMexico
1519 to 1521

The Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire

Mexico

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6 minAudio
EVENTSouth Asia
1556 to 1605

The Mughal Empire under Akbar

South Asia

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8 minAudio
EVENTWest Africa, the Americas, and Europe
16th to 19th centuries

The Atlantic Slave Trade

West Africa, the Americas, and Europe

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7 minAudio
EVENTChina and Britain
1839 to 1860

The Opium Wars

China and Britain

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7 minAudio
BOOK

The Anarchy

by William Dalrymple

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8 minAudio
BOOKModern Era

The Guns of August: How a Continent Talked Itself Into Catastrophe

by Barbara W. Tuchman

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4 minAudioModern Era
BOOKAncient World

SPQR: How Rome Argued Itself Into Existence

by Mary Beard

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4 minAudioAncient World
EVENTCuba, United States, Soviet Union
October 1962

The Cuban Missile Crisis

Cuba, United States, Soviet Union

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4 minAudioModern Era
EVENTFrance
1789 to 1799

The French Revolution

France

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3 minAudioModern Era
EVENTEngland
1215

The Sealing of Magna Carta

England

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4 minAudioMedieval
EVENTEastern Mediterranean
1453

The Fall of Constantinople

Eastern Mediterranean

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4 minAudioMedieval