The world would have been different had Christians not been expelled from Japan

Started by hubag bohol, March 17, 2013, 09:05:44 AM

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In the early 1600s, Catholic Missionaries in Japan were successful in converting a number of powerful feudal lords to Catholicismâ€"thereby garnering a surprising number of followers in the largely Confucian nation. In 1639, Shogun Tokugawa Lemitsu expelled all Christians from the island, in fear of the growing Catholic population and the rebellions that these groups were causing. Had Tokugawa not expelled the Christians, it is likely that, with time, a Catholic Shogun would have risen to power. An allegiance to the Pope may also have fostered an alliance with France and Spain; and had Japan been on the side of France and Spain during the Seven Years’ War against England, it is likely that the British would have been defeated. Such a defeat would have made the colonization of America by the British unlikelyâ€"reshaping the world as we know it. -- http://listverse.com/
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Agoi, mora diayg gigabaan ang Japan, gilampornas sa US of A sa WW2.

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