The Sengoku Period, also known as the Warring States Period, was a turbulent and violent period of Japanese history when rival warlords or daimyo fought bitterly for control of Japan. The period falls within the Muromachi period (Muromachi Jidai, 1333-1573 CE) of Japanese medieval history when the Ashikaga shogun capital was located in the Muromachi area of ... Show More
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How a Candy Company Bought the Pet Industry
Mars, Inc. makes more than $50 billion a year, owns some of the most recognizable brands on Earth, and you cannot buy a single share of it. This is the story of how one family built a global empire and never gave it away. Watch the podcast Fight me at war of the ... Show More
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The Cook Who Lived: 60 Hours Trapped 100 Feet Underwater
Want to enter the giveaway? Check out my merch here! On the morning of May 26, 2013, a tugboat sank 30 meters to the seabed off the coast of Nigeria…and one man lived through it all. When the Jascon-4 capsized in the Bight of Benin, eleven of its twelve crew members died. But s ... Show More
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Japan's Tokugawa Shogunate
<p>The Warring States period brought Japan to its knees. It was a time of turbulence and treachery, with rival warlords fighting bitterly for control of the land. But by the dawn of the 17th century, one of Japan's 'Great Unifiers' had emerged victorious - Tokugawa Ieyasu, the fi ... Show More
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The Greatest Samurai Battle ⚔️
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The Ultimate Samurai Warlord: Oda Nobunaga, Japan's First Great Unifier
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