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    The Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Habsburgs #3

    The end of the dynasty

  2. The Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Habsburgs #2

    King of Spain, Archduke of Austria, Holy Roman Emperor - where did it all go wrong?

  3. The Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Habsburgs #1

    How did a small family from Switzerland become Europe's greatest dynasty?

  4. The Netherlands - Why Belgium?

    There is a faultline in Europe, from the North Sea to the Alps. Belgium sits halfway.

  5. The Netherlands - The Dutch Golden Age

    How Amsterdam became one of the world's leading cities in a few short decades

  6. The Netherlands - Orange Fever

    How did a few boggy provinces become one of the trading heavyweights of the world?

  7. The USA - The Melting Pot

    Misha Glenny on the people came to America, and the people who were there first

  8. The USA - The Borderlands

    To invent a country you have to define a country. Misha Glenny on the borders of the USA.

  9. The USA - It'll Never Work!

    Misha Glenny on the invention of the most powerful country in the world

  10. Germany - The Rise of Prussia

    Misha Glenny on the rise of Prussia under Frederick the Great

  11. Germany - A Hotly Contested Piece of Real Estate

    Misha Glenny with a new history of Germany before the Nazis and two world wars

  12. Welcome to How to Invent a Country

    When did countries become countries? Misha Glenny finds out.

  13. Turkey - The Ottomans: East or West

    Ep1 - Istanbul and Mehmet the Conqueror. Misha Glenny on the birth of the Ottoman empire

  14. Turkey - The Military and Decline

    EP 2 - The Invention of Turkey and slow decline of the empire from the siege of Vienna

  15. Turkey - Ottoman or Turk

    A bonus episode with Hannah Lucinda Smith, Christopher de Bellaigue and Misha Glenny

  16. Turkey - A Delicate Balancing Act

    Ep 3 - How the republic of Turkey emerged from the ruins of World War One

  17. The Alps - Did the English invent skiing?

    Misha Glenny on the early alpine visitors who were either very ill, or very rich.

  18. Russia - the sacred song of war

    Ep 4 - The Invention of Russia, presented by Misha Glenny and produced by Miles Warde

  19. Russia - the bear moves west

    Ep 3 - The Invention of Russia and Catherine the Great, presented by Misha Glenny

  20. Poland - Stalin on one side, Hitler to the left

    Ep 3 - Poland reborn and invaded again. Misha Glenny presents, Miles Warde holds the mic.

  21. Poland - Obliterated from the map

    Ep 1 - how Europe's largest state was sliced and diced by Russia, Prussia and Austria.

  22. Poland - a nation without a state

    EP 2 - Misha Glenny on Poland's 123 year absence from the map, produced by Miles Warde

  23. How to Invent a Country: Taiwan

    They look so sturdy on the map, but what is a country and when do they take shape?

  24. Germany - Germany Unified

    Bismarck, Prussia ... and just how big will Germany be? Produced by Miles Warde

  25. China: The Life and Times of Chairman Mao

    The Long March, the Civil War, the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution

  26. China: imperial collapse

    The end of the Qing and the troubled birth of the republic under Dr Sun Yat-sen

  27. China - to kowtow or not to kowtow

    Find out how the world's greatest civilisation found itself dragged into two opium wars

  28. China - the first emperor

    Misha Glenny and Miles Warde head east to find out what is China and where it came from?

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