Un empire multiculturel antique : l'Empire hi...

Vous allez pouvoir écouter ici dans quelques jours un entretien super intéressant avec Antonin Plarier. Dans cette émission, on a discuté ensemble du banditisme dans l’Algérie coloniale. Comment expliquer ce phénomène, à quoi ressemblait ce banditisme, et comment l’administration ...  Afficher plus

Aujourd’hui, je vous raconte la légende japonaise de la théière-tanuki. Dans un temple reculé de la province de Joshiu, non loin de Tokyo, se trouve le temple de Morinji à Tatebayashi. C'est là que réside un moine sage et pieux, nommé Maître Hiroshi, gardien des mystères et des t ...  Afficher plus

The British Empire was one of the most influential and far-reaching empires in history. Dan and his guest journalist and author Sathnam Sanghera remember school lessons on the small island that rose to global dominance. From the 16th century to the 20th century, the British Em ...

What did it mean to be ‘born in the purple’? What lasting legacy did the empire have on how we eat dinner? And what does ‘Byzantine’ actually mean? Professor Judith Herrin responds to listener questions and internet search queries about the 1,000-year history of Byzantine empire, ...  Afficher plus

For centuries, the Roman Empire commanded unparalleled control over the world around it. It expanded its borders through trade and conquest, sucking resources from the periphery into its thriving centre - Rome. And then, suddenly, everything changed. The Empire entered a state ...

The Empire that dare not speak its name. America was born through an explicit rejection of empire as it forced the British from the continent and indeed many of its citizens would baulk at the suggestion their nation is an empire. Yet, over its lifetime the empire of liberty, as ...  Afficher plus