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Why are there more high-quality, well-preserved antique swords from Japan than any other place?

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Did stories of colonizing and enslaving Europeans reach the inhabitants of inland/interior Africa before the Europeans themselves did? What were these stories like?

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Has Japan ever been conquered?

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In modern media, swords are often worn on the back. Where did this trend originate? Is there any historical basis to it?

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How did post-WW1 Germany, crippled by reparation payments and the Great Depression, manage to become economically and industrially strong enough to wage war on most of the western world only a couple of decades later?

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Why are there more high-quality, well-preserved antique swords from Japan than any other place?	1
Did stories of colonizing and enslaving Europeans reach the inhabitants of inland/interior Africa before the Europeans themselves did? What were these stories like?	1
Has Japan ever been conquered?	1
In modern media, swords are often worn on the back. Where did this trend originate? Is there any historical basis to it?	1
How did post-WW1 Germany, crippled by reparation payments and the Great Depression, manage to become economically and industrially strong enough to wage war on most of the western world only a couple of decades later?	1