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The Heart of the Sikh Empire: Amritsar Summer Palace
7 April 2025Assassin's Creed Chronicles India begins in the glorious Amritsar Summer Palace, and allows players to climb, jump and fight over its rooftops...
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Saint Petersburg: Putin's Hometown
6 April 2025Founded by Peter the Great, the city of Saint Petersburg was built to rival the majesty of any capital in Europe. Its splendour made it a hub of...
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Rise of Humans
6 April 2025How did we go from ancient apes to the dominant species on Earth? The story of human evolution is one of survival, adaptation, and extinction -...
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Hattori Hanzo: The Medieval Demon Samurai
4 April 2025Matt Lewis presents a special episode from his podcast Echoes of History on the medieval 'Demon' Samurai.
In the world of Assassin's Creed...
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History's Worst F*ckboys: Lord Byron
4 April 2025How 'mad, bad and dangerous to know' was Lord Byron really?
We know the Romantic poet had a bit of a reputation, but how true was it? And...
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The Samurai
3 April 2025This is the story of the legendary Samurai - how did they go from provincial bodyguards to revered warriors? Why did they transform from ancestral...
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Battle of Fort Donelson
3 April 2025Almost a year into the American Civil War, Union forces laid siege to Fort Donelson. In this episode, we're going to find out why this fort was...
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Herculaneum
3 April 2025In 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius unleashed devastation on the Roman world, burying entire towns beneath volcanic ash. While Pompeii is world-famous,...
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Conquest of the Americas
3 April 2025You may think you know about the daring exploits of Columbus, the ruthless ambition of Cortés, but beyond the accepted histories lies a world of...
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Easter Rising: First World War In Dublin
3 April 2025(Part 2/2) On Easter Monday in 1916, Irish rebels read a proclamation of independence that sparked a week-long battle with the British...
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Francis Drake (Part 2)
1 April 2025Dan Snow picks up his dramatic tale of the exploits of Francis Drake- this time the story of the Spanish Armada. From his astonishing raids on...
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Eric Bloodaxe
1 April 2025Eric Bloodaxe was an epic Viking Warrior, and he could certainly cut down his enemies, but was he as 'great' in reality as his romantic bad-boy...
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