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Was Toyotomi Hideyoshi Really Born a Poor Farmer’s Son? The Erased Father and the Mystery of His Origins

Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the man who rose from obscurity to unify Japan and bring the Sengoku period to an end, is one of the...
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The Princess de Lamballe: Marie Antoinette’s Devoted Friend Who Met a Brutal Fate

In the late eighteenth century, amid the brilliance of Versailles, one woman drew particular attention through her elega...
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Why Was Oda Nobunaga So Powerful? Information Was the Hidden Weapon Behind His Rise.

1. Information Gathering: The Essential Weapon of the Sengoku DaimyoFor the warlords of the Sengoku era, the prosperity ...
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The Most Eccentric Aristocrat in British History .Henry Paget, the “Dancing Marquis” Who Burned Through a Fortune in Just Six Years

At the turn of the twentieth century, Britain’s social world combined the immense prosperity of the Industrial Revolutio...
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The Samurai Who Helped Bring Down the Takeda Clan. Why Did Anayama Baisei (Nobukimi) Betray the House of Takeda?

1. A Senior Member of the Takeda Line, Renowned for Both Valor and Strategic InsightOnly a devoted student of Japanese h...
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Did Ancient Chinese Generals Really Wield Massive Weapons? Examining the Arms of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Lü Bu

1. Legendary Warriors and Their “Weapons of a Thousand Jin”When people picture ancient Chinese battlefields, they often ...
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Three Unsettling Omens Before the Death of Qin Shi Huang — Signs of a Dynasty in Decline?

1. The First Emperor’s Final Years and a Series of Uncanny PortentsQin Shi Huang, born Ying Zheng, brought an end to cen...
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Were Medieval Noblewomen Really “Dirty”? The Misconceptions Behind Medieval Europe’s Hygiene

1. The Image of a “Filthy” Middle AgesMany people have heard the claim that “medieval Europeans never bathed and covered...
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The Final Moments of Mao Zedong, Revealed by His Personal Physician

Chapter 1: Mao Zedong’s Personal PhysicianLi Zhisui was the personal physician of Mao Zedong, the leader of China at the...