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Empire

Successors to the Romans, progressive harems, and living Ottomans

Empire

Jack Davenport

History

4.64.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Did the Ottomans see themselves as the successors to the Roman Empire? Was the Ottoman harem more progressive than others? How tolerant was the Ottoman Empire? And where are the descendants of the Empire today? Listen as William and Anita answer these questions and more in the very last episode in this series on the Ottomans. Sign up to The Knowledge here: www.theknowledge.com/empire/ LRB Empire offer: lrb.me/empire This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/empirepod. Twitter: @Empirepoduk Goalhangerpodcasts.com Producer: Callum Hill Exec Producer: Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:02.4

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0:04.8

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0:07.4

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0:08.8

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0:10.0

And huge, fiery, shooting things.

0:12.5

He means flame machines.

0:13.9

There's also amazing DJs and big, foamy portings.

0:18.1

He means, oh, actually, there are those things.

0:20.8

And best of all, the world-class cricket.

0:23.0

Is that we are the sponsor?

0:25.2

Oh, of course.

0:26.1

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0:29.0

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0:31.1

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