Taranaki Wars: Waitara and One Family's Journey

Taranaki Wars: Waitara and One Family's Journ...

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192. Native American Chiefs, the Founding of Canada, and the KKK: Scots in America
Empire: World History

From India to Africa, the involvement and influence of Scots in the British Empire has been profound. In both arenas, they rose through the ranks as soldiers, merchants and bureaucrats, to carve out, govern and lead the empire overseas. But what of America? Here too the Scottish ...  Afficher plus

186. Scotland: A Nation in Crisis
Empire: World History

When charting the rise of Scotland’s global influence, few events have been as tragically remarkable as the Darien Scheme of 1698, which saw woefully unprepared Scottish pioneers attempt to settle and colonise the Isthmus of Panama. Scotland during this period was a country bound ...  Afficher plus

The Battle of Ruapekapeka
NZ Wars: The Stories of Ruapekapeka

As relations between Māori and Pākehā sour in the years after the Treaty of Waitangi, Hone Heke makes his famous attacks on the flagstaff at Kororāreka/Russell in 1845. This sparks the NZ Wars proper, with the fight for sovereignty, development of trench warfare and inconclusive ...  Afficher plus

The Picts: Rulers of the North
The Ancients

Tristan Hughes journeys up to windswept Scotland to uncover the secrets of the Picts — fierce warriors, skilled artisans, enemies of Rome and rulers of the North.In this special episode of The Ancients - recorded on site at East Lomond hill fort and National Museums Scotland - Tr ...  Afficher plus

229. Britain’s Last Colony: The Second World War, Forced Deportations, and 9/11 (Ep 1)
Empire: World History

The Chagos Islands have dominated news headlines over the past few months, but the struggle of the Chagossian people to reclaim their island home has spanned decades. First colonised in 1513 by the Portuguese, the archipelago shifted from one imperial master to another over the c ...  Afficher plus