c. 1543 AD–c. 1598 AD
Japanese matchlock adaptation and local production
War & military technology · Armas de fuego · Fabricación de armas · Transferencia tecnológica · Doctrina
Matchlocks became indispensable in Japanese armies during the sixteenth century, with local production and adaptation within East Asian trading networks. Their temporal association with political unification does not demonstrate that the weapon caused it: scholarship stresses that social and political conditions made adoption and use possible, and it debates the particular routes of initial arrival.
Precision, calendar, and review
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- year · approximate
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- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
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- Publication date
- 2008-07
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