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Britain.tv Wikipedia - List of sieges (908 words) |
 | Siege of Jerusalem (701 BCE) - the Assyrian siege of Sennacherib |
| Siege of Gibraltar (1374) - sixth siege of Gibraltar, by the Nasrid in the Reconquista |
| Siege of Gibraltar (1467) - ninth siege of Gibraltar, by the Duke of Medina Sidonia |
| Premodern History of Odawara (4343 words) |
| While still in the midst of the siege on Odawara, Hideyoshi issued a decree attempting to restore peace and order by commanding peasants of the Kanto to return to their homes, forbidding his soldiers from burning and stealing, and ensuring that no criminal acts would be performed toward peasants, shrines, or temples. |
| Odawara was well-known for its uido (a medicine which every traveler carried), wood inlays, ume boshi, shiokara or salted fish guts, kamboko or boiled fish paste, and, although it didn't apply to tourists, later guns and cannons. |
| Odawara, slowly developing over thousands of years into what, under the Hojo family during the Warring States period, was the center of power and development of the Kanto plane, was struck the double blow in the Edo period of the financial difficulties which crippled the entire nation, as well as constant, debilitating natural disasters. |
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