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  • 21Fernão Mendes Pinto — Born 1509 Montemor o Velho Died July 8, 1583(1583 07 08) Almada, Pragal Nationality …

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  • 22Nanban trade — For the Indian film, see Nanban (film). History of Japan The Samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga in Rome in 1615, Coll. Borghese, Rome. Paleolithic 35,000–14,000 BC Jōmon period 14,000–300 BC …

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  • 23Japanese castle — nihongo|Japanese castles|城|shiro were fortresses composed primarily of wood and stone. They evolved from the wooden stockades of earlier centuries, and came into their most well known form in the 16th century. Like European castles, the castles… …

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  • 24Battle of Noryang — Part of the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598) Part of a Naval Battle Scroll from the Imjin War …

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  • 25Battle of Bicocca — Infobox Military Conflict conflict= Battle of Bicocca partof= the Italian War of 1521–26 caption= Lombardy in 1522. The location of the battle is indicated. date= April 27, 1522 place= Bicocca, north of Milan, present day Italy result= Spanish… …

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  • 26Samurai — For other uses, see Samurai (disambiguation). Samurai in armor, 1860s. Hand coloured photograph by Felice Beato …

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  • 27Catherine de' Medici — Catherine de Medici, attributed to François Clouet, c. 1555 Queen consort of France Reign 31 March 1547 – 10 July 1559 …

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  • 28Kyūdō — ).It is estimated that there are approximately half a million practitioners of kyūdō today.HistoryThe beginning of archery in Japan is, as elsewhere, pre historical. The first molded metal images with distinct Japanese asymmetrical longbow are… …

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  • 29Military history of Japan — History of Japan Paleolithic 35,000–14,000 BC Jōmon period 14,000–300 BC Yayoi period 300 BC–250 AD Kofun period 250 …

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  • 30Landsknecht — Landsknechts (singular Landsknecht, German plural Landsknechte, sometimes also in English publications) were European, most often German, mercenary pikemen and supporting foot soldiers from the late 15th to the late 16th century, and achieved the …

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