How to Invent a Country
by BBC Radio 4
When did countries become countries? Misha Glenny on the borders, the stories and the people of countries worldwide.
Copyright: (C) BBC 2024
Episodes
China - to kowtow or not to kowtow
41m · PublishedFind out how the world's greatest civilisation found itself dragged into two opium wars
China - the first emperor
44m · PublishedMisha Glenny and Miles Warde head east to find out what is China and where it came from?
Turkey - Ottoman or Turk
27m · PublishedA bonus episode with Hannah Lucinda Smith, Christopher de Bellaigue and Misha Glenny
Turkey - A Delicate Balancing Act
38m · Published
Ep 3 - How the republic of Turkey emerged from the ruins of World War One
Turkey - The Military and Decline
31m · Published
EP 2 - The Invention of Turkey and slow decline of the empire from the siege of Vienna
Turkey - The Ottomans: East or West
33m · Published
Ep1 - Istanbul and Mehmet the Conqueror. Misha Glenny on the birth of the Ottoman empire
Russia - the Empire Strikes Back
43m · Published
Ep 2 - The Invention of Russia and the expansion east to Siberia, west into Ukraine
Russia - A Tale of Two Ivans
32m · Published
Ep 1 The Invention of Russia ... told from a time when it was still very small
Russia - the bear moves west
43m · Published
Ep 3 - The Invention of Russia and Catherine the Great, presented by Misha Glenny
Russia - the sacred song of war
32m · Published
Ep 4 - The Invention of Russia, presented by Misha Glenny and produced by Miles Warde
How to Invent a Country has 55 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 27:10:19. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 28th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 13th, 2024 07:12.
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