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During the 16th century, it could be said that the Spaniards truly ruled the waves. Once a backwater feudal kingdom,

Yasuke – The Real Life Afro-Samurai

400 years ago in Japan, on March 23, 1581, foreigners in large black ships came from a far-off land, seeking

From range to firepower, when it comes to guns – size matters. Mankind had always been keen on finding ways

There are some wars, which are terrible, some that are atrocious and then there is the Second World War. No

For Honor, the hugely successful game from Ubisoft pits three factions: the aggressive Vikings, the disciplined samurai and the valiant

The history of Japan, spanning a great many millennia, is as interesting as the anime a Japanese artist cooks up with