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  • Early Samurai AD 200–1500

    by Anthony J Bryant ...
    Series Book 35 - Elite
    War played a central part in the history of Japan.Warring clans controlled much of the country. The wars were usually about land, the struggle for control of which eventually gave rise to perhaps the most formidable warriors of all time: the Samurai. Ancient Yayoi warriors developed weapons, armour and a code during the ensuing centuries that became the centrepiece for the Japanese Samurai.Anthony ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Early Samurai AD 200–1500

    by Anthony J Bryant ...
    Series Book 35 - Elite
    War played a central part in the history of Japan.Warring clans controlled much of the country. The wars were usually about land, the struggle for control of which eventually gave rise to perhaps the most formidable warriors of all time: the Samurai. Ancient Yayoi warriors developed weapons, armour and a code during the ensuing centuries that became the centrepiece for the Japanese Samurai.Anthony ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Modern Greece

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  • The ideals of the east. With special reference to the art of Japan

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  • Fighting Ships of the Far East (1)

    China and Southeast Asia 202 BC–AD 1419

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  • The Decisive Battles of India from 1746 to 1849

    by Colonel G.B. Malleson, Charles River Editors ...
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  • Myths And Legends Of The Andamans

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  • The New Turkey

    The Quiet Revolution On The Edge Of Europe

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  • The Cultural Revolution on Trial

    Mao and the Gang of Four

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