And for the last 20 years or so, the historians David Christian and Fred Spier have championed big history, urging their colleagues to begin their once-upon-a-time accounts billions of years ago, with the big bang.

By the time of the Japanese surrender, there were 2704 women enlisted in the WRANS or the RANNS, nearly 7 per cent of the strength of the RAN.

The famous General Chuang Ch'iao was sent by Wei Wang up the Yuan Chiang in Hu-nan with an army.]

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