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Painting scrolls on the Mongol invasion of Japan by Fukuda Taika, a 1846 copy of a 1293 work by an unknown artist, Tokyo National Museum. The Mongol fleet beat the Song but had less luck with the ...

Insects have long held an esteemed status in Asian cultures. Here’s how one particularly boisterous insect species is rumored to have altered the course of Asian history. The year 1273 A.D. was a ...