Tras apoderarse de todas las tierras del Imperio persa, Alejandro Magno quiso ampliar las fronteras del dominio macedonio conquistando las ignotas tierras de la lejana India. Repasamos cómo llegó hasta la actual India y si consiguió conquistar la actual India.
Nov 21
Porcia, la última heroína de la República romana
La hija de Catón el Joven fue una mujer de firmes convicciones políticas, que repudió la dictadura de Julio César y apoyó a su marido, Bruto, cuando decidió acabar con aquél.
8m 25s
Nov 14
La Piedra de Rosetta, el antiguo Egipto desvelado
En 1799, el descubrimiento de una estela con un texto en griego, en jeroglíficos y en demótico dio inicio a la carrera para el desciframiento de la antigua escritura egipcia, que culminaría el francés Champollion en 1822.
17m 55s
Oct 2021
How Hindustan became India
Manan Ahmed Asif discusses his book The Loss of Hindustan, the Invention of India, which has just been shortlisted for the Cundill History Prize
Historian Manan Ahmed Asif discusses his recent book The Loss of Hindustan, the Invention of India, which has just been shortlisted for ... Show More
59 m
Apr 2022
The Foundations of Modern India
<p>The greatest anti-imperial rebellion of the nineteenth century, The Indian Rebellion of 1857, witnessed mass violence against the British. Ninety years later, Indian freedom was founded on a deadly fratricide that singularly spared the outgoing masters. As a result, India’s fo ... Show More
25m 46s
Jul 2023
Chandragupta Maurya: Hero of India
<p>Evolving from an obscure ancient ruler to a contemporary national icon, Chandragupta Maurya's story is finally being told. However, despite tales of leading empires and defeating the successors of Alexander the Great, there is no official record of his events- only moments tak ... Show More
37m 44s
Feb 2012
Marcus Franke, “War and Nationalism in South Asia: The Indian State and the Nagas” (Routledge, 2011)
North East India is, as Marcus Franke’s War and Nationalism in South Asia: The Indian State and the Nagas (Routledge, 2011) all too convincingly demonstrates, often considered peripheral to ‘India (or even South Asia) proper.’ A densely wooded, sparsely populated tract of hills ( ... Show More
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