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Nov 5, 2026A Kingdom KeptGoryeo, the Choe generals and the Mongol khans, from the coup of 1170 to the woodblocks at Haeinsa
Nov 5, 2026Horn, Sinew and PowderBows, armor, bombs and siege engines in the age of the Mongol invasions of Japan, c. 1250 to 1300
Nov 4, 2026One Edge of the WorldAcre, the friars, the Black Sea ports and the Vivaldi galleys: Latin Europe in the Mongol age, 1241 to 1309
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