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Editor in Chief Bill | 12 Jul 2015 4:48 a.m. PST |
A shipwreck off the coast of Japan serves as evidence that no navy can defeat Mother Nature. Archaeologists spotted the wreck off the island of Takashima in southern Japan and say it belongs to one of two attempted Mongol invasions from the 13th century, Archaeology reports.Running 65 feet long by 20 feet wide, the ship still carries old ironware and Chinese ceramics that establish its connection to the Mongol fleets, researchers said last week. Both of the Mongol attacks were repulsed by devastating storms called "divine wind" or "Kamikaze" typhoons; in the second invasion, in 1281, some 140,000 Mongol fighters arrived on roughly 4,400 ships and battled samurai in northern Kyushu, the Telegraph reported a few years ago… link |
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