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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Satsuma Province
		Satsuma was one of the main provinces that rose in opposition to the Tokugawa shogunate in the mid 19th century.
		Satsuma was one of the main provinces that rose in opposition to the Tokugawa shogunate The Tokugawa shogunate or Tokugawa bakufu (徳川幕府) (also known as the Edo bakufu) was a feudal military dictatorship of Japan established in 1603 by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family until 1868.
		The ancient capital of the province was located near the modern city of Kurume, Fukuoka; in the Edo period the province was divided into two fiefs: the Tachibana clan held a western fief at Yanagawa, and the Arima clan held an eastern fief at Kurume.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Satsuma-Province (1332 words)

	Madagascar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The autonomous provinces, having the same names and territories as the already existing provinces, were created in 2000.
		Although they are subdivisions of the provinces, they are representatives (and representing the people) of the republic, not the province.
		In the coastal regions of the provinces of Mahajanga and Antsiranana (Diego Suarez), Muslims constitute a significant minority.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Madagascar (4197 words)

	Encyclopedia of Japanese History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Tajima bordered on Harima, Inaba, Tamba, and Tango Provinces.
		Tango bordered on Tajima, Tamba, and Wakasa Provinces.
		The Japanese people were not happy with the intervention in a treaty between Japan and China and their anger was increased when a few years later Russia assumed control of Port Arthur from China - Port Arthur was in the area that Russia, France, and Germany had intervened to prevent Japan from controlling.
	www.openhistory.org /jhdp/encyclopedia/t.html (1820 words)

	Korea to 1875 by Sanderson Beck
		Each of the eight provinces was under a governor, but the county magistrates governed the people directly, collected taxes, and mobilized corvée labor.
		The Ch'ungch'ong province fell to the rebels as they argued that Yongjo was not the legitimate ruler.
		The royal army defeated the rebels in Kyonggi province; leaders were arrested in Cholla; and by May 1728 the last rebel stronghold in the Kyongsang province was taken.
	www.san.beck.org /3-10-Koreato1875.html (16754 words)

	Articles - Sakoku (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		In theory, the only foreign influence permitted was the Dutch "factory" (trading post) at Dejima in Nagasaki, but trade with China was also handled at Nagasaki; in addition, trade with Korea was conducted via Tsushima Province (today part of Nagasaki prefecture) and with the Kingdom of Ryukyu Islands via Satsuma Province (today´s Kagoshima prefecture).
		Apart from these direct commercial contacts in peripheral provinces, all of these countries sent regular tributary missions to the shogunate´s seat in Edo, which traveled long stretches across Japan, thus giving even regular folk a chance at a glimpse at foreign cultures.
		The way Japan kept abreast of Western technology during this period was by studying medical and other texts in the Dutch language obtained through Dejima.
	www.workze.com /articles/Sakoku (284 words)

	The Battleship Kongo
		Battleships proper were named for the old Japanese provinces, and cruisers for rivers.
		The Kaga, named as a battleship for a Japanese province, was completed in 1928; but as a shorter, broader ship, reflecting its origin, it could only make 28.5 knots.
		There were other advantages too, however, and the Battle of Tsushima, 27-28 May 1905, turned out to be one of the more decisive naval battles in history, with most of the Russian fleet, including all the battleships, either sunk or captured.
	www.friesian.com /kongo.htm (6746 words)

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