Genghis Khan (Part 4), Weather Problems in Japan
This post is following the last 3 ones. Make sure to read Genghis Khan’s full history in part 1–3 of his adventures. Japan would also be significantly affected. No Yuan dynasty means no invasion of the island country, which would fail due to typhoons—this is a very big deal. The reason why Japan during most of the Middle Ages and Renaissance era was an isolationist martial society defined by the samurai bushido code was due to the Yuan trying to invade them on two separate occasions. This means that without the Yuan, the Japanese people would be far more open to trade with other nations, mainly China and Korea. The Sengoku Jidai may not happen, or at least nowhere near the extent it did, as with a far less militaristic society the clan leaders would be less inclined to solve the succession disputes that caused the conflict on the battlefield. As such, the Tokugawa Shogunate would never be formed, alongside the era of hyper-isolation they enforced until the US stepped in and led to the ...