Hello! This week we're going to be talking about the events leading up to the Imjin War. How did Japan and Korea's relationship effect the outcome of the war? What was each country doing to prepare for war? And how much of this could have been avoided? Spoiler alert, not much.

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-"The Imjin War" by Samuel Hawley

Today we're starting our series on the Imjin War. Japan, newly united, unleashed a force of over 150,000 men to conquer Korea, China and the whole of Asia. We'll be talking about where each country stood just before the war.

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Books and Articles used  for Research are as  follows:
-https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/confucianism
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucianism
-"The Imjin War" by Samuel Hawley

Today we have our final episode on the Spartans! We'll talk about everyday life, Laconaphilia, and more really cool Spartans. Throughout the series we'll discuss the history, the legends, and what made Sparta so memorable to the world. 

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Books and Articles used  for Research are as  follows:
-"Aspects of Greek history 750–323 BC: a source-based approach" by  T. Buckley
-"A History of Sparta 950-192 B.C." by W.G. Forrest
-"Agesilaos and the Crisis of Sparta" by Paul Cartledge
-"The Dictionary of Classical Mythology" by Pierre Grimal
-"Sparta and Lakonia: A Regional History 1300 to 362 BC" by Paul Cartledge
-"Spartan Reflections" by Paul Cartledge
-"Hellenistic and Roman Sparta" by Paul Cartledge
-"The Greek and Persian Wars, 499–386 BC" by Philip de Souza
-"The Greco-Persian Wars" by Peter Green