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economic, and military reality of life in Japan. The Meiji Era began when a faction ofdaimyolords from Satsuma and Choshu in the far south of Japan united to overthrow the Tokugawashogunand return
In 1603, however, Tokugawa Ieyasu completed this task and established theTokugawa shogunate—or bakufu—which would rule in the emperor's name for 265 years. Life in Tokugawa Japan was peaceful but heavily controlled by the shogunal government, but after a century of chaotic warfare, the peace ...
When Néstor Carbonell won best guest actor in a drama and thanked the crew, he gleefully declared, “You're all here!" because the crowd was so full of people who worked on the show. Possibly getting a whiff of the golden possibilities, the makers of “S...
profits of this musical brought an end to director Yash Chopra's lean phase. The platinum success of its music was instrumental in ending the era of violence in Bollywood and bringing back music into Hindi films. The film reaffirmed Sridevi's position as the top female star of the Eighties...
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jail for opening someone else's letter with a map of where gold is to be found -- Jack rescues a woman whose husband was the addressee of that letter. Buck helps Jack win a $1,000 bet to get the supplies he needs. And when Jack and Claire Blake pet Buck one night, fingers touch...
In 476 CE, the last Roman emperor was deposed and allowed to live out his days peacefully as the barbarian king Odoacer took pity on the young lad and didn't see him as a threat. What caused the once-mighty empire to fall is one of the most-studied questions in all of history. Fro...
Who overthrew the shogun during the Meiji Restoration? How did Emperor Meiji modernize Japan? Who led the Meiji Restoration? Who was the greatest Emperor of China? What is Emperor Taizong known for? Who was the first emperor of China?