Medieval Asia
The Ancient Cultures of The Far East....China, Korea, Vietnam and Japan.
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/japanese-fushimi-castle
31st Jul 2021 - An important structure, the 15th Century Fushimi Castle is located in Kyoto, Japan. It is estimated that some 60,000 workers worked from 1592 to 1594 …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/japanese-ronin
31st Jul 2021 - Coming about in 11th Century Japan, a Ronin was a Samurai who had no “Master”. Originally looked upon as a disgrace to ones oath to &ldquo …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/japanese-negoro-gumi
31st Jul 2021 - Founded in the 9th Century, The Negoro Gumi were Shingon Buddist. Unlike their fellow religious Order The Soehi, The Negoro specialized in the use of …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/chinese-lin-nu
31st Jul 2021 - Developed in the 2nd Century A.D. (during The Han Dynasty), The Nu was the Asian version of the European Springald. It is documented to have used in b …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/chinese-flying-barque
31st Jul 2021 - Much the same in usage as European Barques, the 11th Century Chinese version was akin to a “fast attack” vessel. Designed for speed, their …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/japanese-tessen-war-fan
31st Jul 2021 - A simple item used to cool one's self, it took very little for some enterprising weapons maker to develop this into a weapon. Most fans were made of c …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/japanese-buddhist-sohei-monks
31st Jul 2021 - Sohei were “fighting” Buddhist Monks. Although bound to their religious Order, they still owed loyalty to the local Warlord and or Emperor …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/korean-hwacha
31st Jul 2021 - Developed in the 13th Century, The Hwacha was an early weapons system firing platform.Made of wood, the device was mounted on wheels to allow transpor …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/japanese-tetsubo-club
31st Jul 2021 - Developed around the 14th Century, The Tetsubo wad a hand-held, close quarters weapon. It was popular with Infantry Troops (Ashigaru) and with Feudal …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/mongolian-fire-arrow
31st Jul 2021 - Although developed by their Chinese “cousins”, Mongolian Forces were known to use explosive mounted at the end of specially designed arrow …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/chinese-cone-of-death
31st Jul 2021 - This ancient Chinese weapon was developed and used (briefly) in the 12th Century. Designed to be a hand-held weapons firing system, The Cone was const …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/japanese-code-of-bushido
31st Jul 2021 - The Code of Bushido was a strict Code of The Samurai Ruling and Warrior Class. It was similar in many ways to the European Code of Chivalry. The Samur …