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The Meiji Restoration: How Japan Rewrote Itself in Forty Years

Japan in the 1860s looked terminal. The shogunate that had ruled for two and a half centuries was falling apart. American warships had forced open the ports. Th…

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The Meiji Restoration — How Japan Rebuilt Itself in One Generation

In 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry sailed four warships into Edo Bay and demanded that Japan open its ports to American trade. Japan had no equivalent warships. S…

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"The Meiji Restoration — How Japan Went from Feudal Isolation to Industrial Empire in 50 Years"

# The Meiji Restoration — How Japan Went from Feudal Isolation to Industrial Empire in 50 Years On a July morning in 1853, four black-painted warships appear…

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The Meiji Restoration — How Japan Modernized Faster Than Any Nation in History

In January 1868, a coalition of samurai clans from the southwestern domains of Satsuma and Chōshū seized power in Kyoto and announced the restoration of imperia…

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Why the Ottoman Empire Fell: Lessons from Six Centuries of Decline

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The Meiji Restoration — Japan's 50-Year Crash Course in Becoming Modern

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