How to Invent a Country
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When did countries become countries? Misha Glenny on the borders, the stories and the people of countries worldwide.
How to Invent a Country
1w ago
The Long March, the Civil War, the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution ..read more
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2w ago
The end of the Qing and the troubled birth of the republic under Dr Sun Yat-sen ..read more
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3w ago
Find out how the world's greatest civilisation found itself dragged into two opium wars ..read more
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1M ago
Misha Glenny and Miles Warde head east to find out what is China and where it came from ..read more
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6M ago
A bonus episode with Hannah Lucinda Smith, Christopher de Bellaigue and Misha Glenny ..read more
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7M ago
Ep 3 - How the republic of Turkey emerged from the ruins of World War One ..read more
How to Invent a Country
7M ago
Ep1 - Istanbul and Mehmet the Conqueror. Misha Glenny on the birth of the Ottoman empire ..read more
How to Invent a Country
1y ago
Ep 1 The Invention of Russia ... told from a time when it was still very small ..read more
How to Invent a Country
1y ago
Ep 2 - The Invention of Russia and the expansion east to Siberia, west into Ukraine ..read more
How to Invent a Country
1y ago
Ep 3 - The Invention of Russia and Catherine the Great, presented by Misha Glenny ..read more