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19 March 1279
Et av de største sjøslagene i verdenshistorien, slaget ved Yamen, også kjent som Flåteslaget ved Yafjellet, fant sted i Kina. Slaget betraktes som Song-dynastiets siste motstand mot Yuan-dynastiet. Selv om Yuan-flåten var vesentlig mindre,... Read more ...
Slaget ved Yamen
Et av de største sjøslagene i verdenshistorien, slaget ved Yamen, også kjent som Flåteslaget ved Yafjellet, fant sted i Kina. Slaget betraktes som Song-dynastiets siste motstand mot Yuan-dynastiet. Selv om Yuan-flåten var vesentlig mindre, klarte den ved taktisk dyktige grep å tilføye Song-flåten et tilintetgjørende nederlag.
Historien forteller at hundretusener av lik fløt opp til overflaten syv dager etter slaget. Det ble sagt at liket av guttekeiseren til Song-dynastiet, syv år gamle Zhao Bing ble funnet nær dagens Shekou, men hans grav er ennå ikke blitt funnet. Ettersom keiser Bing var den siste songkeiseren, gikk Song-dynastiet under med ham. Yuan-dynastiet under Kublai Khan kontrollerte nå hele Kina.
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June, 1863: As the American Civil War raged on, a newly made percussion revolver passed the gates of the E. Remington & Sons factory in the small city of Ilion, New York. Exactly 150 years after the old veteran became mine. Now it was time to bring it back to life.
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