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Dutch engineers went to France to study the fortifications there. Then they came home and built copies of them just in time for a French invasion. European his
by MomoXenosaga 5y ago
Dutch engineers went to France to study the fortifications there. Then they came home and built copies of them just in time for a French invasion.
European history is truly mind-blowingly insane and violent, we are at a bit of a dull moment right now but things will heat up again. I remember a conversation with a Japanese guy: everyone thinks ninja and samurai but Japan had 300 years of peace before the Americans showed up.
- Someone 5y ago> Japan had 300 years of peace before the Americans showed up. Looking at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Japan, I don’t find a period of “300 years of peace”. Can you tell when “the Americans showed up”?
- yorwba 5y agoThe Americans showing up probably refers to the 1854 Treaty of Kanagawa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_of_Kanagawa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_of_Kanagawa which forced the opening of Japanese ports to American ships. The most recent battles in Japan prior to that that I'm aware of are the rebellions that broke out in 1837 due to famine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenp%C5%8D#Rebellion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenp%C5%8D#Rebellion
- likpok 5y agoDuring the Edo period Japan was quite peaceful. The linked page shows nothing between 1638 and 1863. The Tokugawa shogunate started a little earlier (1600ish) and marked the start of a long period of internal peace. That's 200-250 (depending on how you count some of the events in 1600-1640 -- I think they had limited impact on the home islands?) which ended with the Meiji Restoration.