Just a flag - or a symbol of imperial terror? Fans cheering in a stadium and waving a flag is a staple sight at any international sports event. But what if a flag is so offensive to some countries ...
While Perry’s visit had jump-started the birth of an empire ... Bremyer left Japan on September 4, two days after the ceremony, with the flag in tow. He took a more circuitous route home ...
Daniel 7 has the same message as Daniel 2 (see the article here ). But, whereas Daniel 2 quickly sketches God’s victory over ...
when an American force came ashore in the hitherto reclusive Japanese nation. MacArthur also procured Commodore Perry's American flag, displaying the 31-star ensign on the starboard bulkhead ...
Outdated regulations are the major obstacles to an American maritime renaissance.
The Chinese write very differently from us and indeed from all other literate societies in today's world except for Japan and Korea (which continue ... during the expansionist years of the Roman ...
which concluded the 1894-95 Sino-Japanese War, it was decided that – inter alia – sovereignty over Taiwan would be formally transferred in perpetuity from the Qing Empire to Japan. Taiwan had ...
Autochthonous (adjective; also used as a noun): A member of the original population of a country; an inhabitant of a country ...
BC: Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar. 42BC: Gaius Cassius, Roman senator and ...