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Rise of the Samourai

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Here are grammatical corrections without changing the structure or meaning. I kept your sentences and paragraph divisions but fixed grammar, punctuation, capitalization, word choice, agreement, and minor typos. Japan, prior to the ‘peaceful’ arrival of the western world in its market, was dominated by the Shogunates. While up until their establishment the emperor was the official head of state in Japan, he had been long reduced to a figurehead and heavily influenced by powerful clans in the court, like the Fujiwara and the Taira. The Imperial Family still maintained a great degree of control over politics up until the 12th century, where a succession of events would truly end their domination. The prelude of the Genpei War started with a dynastic struggle known as the Hōgen Rebellion, which dramatically altered the dynamics of the imperial court. To make it short, a brotherly rivalry within the Imperial House, various factions aiming for power and one careless Emperor Toba led to ...
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The Gaels, not to be Mixed up With the Gauls

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The Celtic peoples were a large and diverse ethnic group that covered most of Europe for a good chunk of the Iron Age, until other groups like the Romans overthrew their dominance. Within the Celtic culture existed many groups with their own variations of the greater Celtic identity, one such group being the Gaels of Ireland and Scotland. Due to its antiquity, the origins of the Gaels and most of their history remain shrouded in mystery, even by Celtic standards. Although we can trace some of their history by putting together the pieces we have. Regarding their origins, and when the Gaels evolved from their Celtic foundations, two main schools of thought exist . One suggests that the Gaels actually came from a much older group of people called the Bell Beakers, who moved to the British Isles from mainland Europe and are one of the foundations of the later Celts. However, many also debate that the Gaels are not that ancient, and that even by 1000 BC, long after the disappearance of t...
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The Nobility - A Hierarchy all of its Own

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Having a hierarchy is a fundamental part of any being living in a group to keep things a bit organized. In almost every system you have a clear leader calling the shots, a trusting figure (or as trusty as they get) that enforces the leader’s will, and then everyone else, sometimes broken down into the normal members and the ‘lower class’ encompassing the young, elderly, and new comers . There are some exceptions to this, like the penguins who, despite being highly social creatures living in large groups, don’t have any designated figures of authority. Of course, we humans also have developed complex systems of hierarchies, forming and evolving depending on time and cultures to create and end various classes. In Western Europe, for example, before the social revolutions of the Enlightening era, people were divided among the peasantry, artisans/merchants, and ruling nobility. However, each of these groups can be broken down into further sub-divisions, each having their own functions an...
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