Japan’s imperial government in 1268 asked 22 shrines, including Kitano Tenmangu, to pray for a victory in preparation for a war against Mongols, according to records. In 1281, respects were paid ...

Decked out in black war regalia out of the 13 th century, they sing invocations to a Mongolian sky deity and odes to 13 th ...

Centuries ago from the centre of the greatest empire on earth the Mongolian war machine was unleashed southward to defeat and conquer what today is China This is the story of the will of a great ...

Russian leader Vladimir Putin insists that Russia will not lose in Ukraine and that Russia has rarely lost a war. The reality is that Russia has been defeated 38 times in the past 1,100 years since ...