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TOKUGAWA IEYASU, THE ASURA

Tokugawa Ieyasu (January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616) was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which effectively ruled Japan from the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. “Rectitude carried to excess hardens into stiffness; benevolence indulged beyond measure sinks into weakness.” Continue reading

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CIVILIZATION WITHOUT WRITING

Thousands of years ago various groups of hunters and gatherers wandered across Asia and Europe while following a herd of mammoths that eat weeds, gradually, the ice begins to melt, grass growth patterns changed, flocks move north and become reduced. Following some hunters, others, due to a shortage of meat that is the core of their staple food, harvest the weeds and at a certain moment begin to grow their own some kind of grass, perhaps. Continue reading

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YUKIMURA SANADA, THE LAST GENERAL

The Siege of Osaka was a series of battles undertaken by the Tokugawa shogunate against the Toyotomi clan, and ending in that clan’s destruction. Divided into two stages (Winter Campaign and Summer Campaign), and lasting from 1614 to 1615, the siege put an end to the last major armed opposition to the shogunate’s establishment. Continue reading

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CUMBOK WAR, A SOCIAL REVOLUTION IN ACEH (1946-1947)

The Blood of the People Revolution and the End of Traditional Rule in Aceh. The war that occurred in 1946 and 1947 and is headquartered in Pidie, arises because of the error and misinterpretation of the role of the clergy and Uleebalang (nobility) against the proclamation of Indonesia, on August 17, 1945. Continue reading

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