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  2. Gate (novel series) - Wikipedia

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    Anime and manga portal. Gate[3] (Japanese: ゲート 自衛隊 彼の地にて、斯く戦えり, Hepburn: Gēto: Jieitai Kano Chi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri, lit. Gate: Thus the Japanese Self-Defense Force Fought in Their Land), is a Japanese fantasy novel series written by Takumi Yanai and illustrated by Daisuke Izuka and Kurojishi. Originally, it ...

  3. Imperial, royal and noble ranks - Wikipedia

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    Dey, title given to the rulers of the Regency of Algiers and Tripoli under the Ottoman Empire from 1671 onwards. Sardar, also spelled as Sirdar, Sardaar or Serdar, is a title of nobility (sir-, sar/sair- means "head or authority" and -dār means "holder" in Sanskrit and Avestan). The feminine form is Sardarni.

  4. List of alternate history fiction - Wikipedia

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    The German Army conquers Moscow at the end of 1941. 1983. The Burning Mountain: A Novel of the Invasion of Japan. Alfred Coppel. During World War II, a lightning strike at the Trinity test postpones deployment of the atomic bomb, forcing the U.S. to invade Japan. The Dragon Waiting: A Masque of History.

  5. List of medieval great powers - Wikipedia

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    In historiography of the pre-modern period, it is more typical to talk of empires. Gerry Simpson distinguishes "Great Powers", an elite group of states that manages the international legal order, from "great powers", empires or states whose military and political might define an era.

  6. Sengoku period - Wikipedia

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    The Sengoku period, also known as Sengoku Jidai (Japanese: 戦国時代, Hepburn: Sengoku Jidai, lit. 'Warring States period'), is the period in Japanese history in which civil wars and social upheavals took place almost continuously in the 15th and 16th centuries. The Kyōtoku incident (1454), Ōnin War (1467), or Meiō incident (1493) is ...

  7. Early modern warfare - Wikipedia

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    Early modern warfare is the era of warfare following medieval warfare.It is associated with the start of the widespread use of gunpowder and the development of suitable weapons to use the explosive, including artillery and firearms; for this reason the era is also referred to as the age of gunpowder warfare (a concept introduced by Michael Roberts in the 1950s).

  8. Takeda clan - Wikipedia

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    Takeda is a playable faction in Shogun: Total War and Shogun 2. Takeda is a playable nation in Europa Universalis IV. The Takeda clan in feudal Japan is in the manga and the anime of Inuyasha. Takeda Shingen and his peasant doppelgänger are the main subjects of Kagemusha, directed by Akira Kurosawa.

  9. List of modern great powers - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 September 2024. List of great powers from the early modern period to the post cold war era This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "List of modern ...