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Episode 423 - The City on the Edge of Forever, Part 2

History of Japan

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The Triumph of Christianity in Nagasaki

Gaspar coelho had seized the moment presented by the domain situation to secure christianity as the official religion of the area. By this point, he was totally dependent on jesuit aid to remain in power. The nagasaki militia had saved him in 15 73, and their weapons were giving him the military edge necessary to rebuild his domain after that near disaster of a year. This is a pretty big watershed moment for both omura domain as a whole and nagasaki specifically,. functionally, it represented the triumph of christianity in the area. At the same time, though, coelho may have set the mission up for disaster in the long run with his drive

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