Japanese invasion of Korea in 1592

In 1592, Toyotomi Hideyoshi had decided to conquer Korea on the road to conquering China. The invasion of Korea took place in May 1592 and involved an uninterrupted crossing of the sea via the islands of Iki and Tsushima.

The initial Japanese force under Konishi Yukinaga and So Yoshitoshi landed at Pusan in some 700 ships on May 23, 1592. The first shots of the campaign were fired against the fortress guarding the harbor of Pusan.

There were supposedly 2, Korean troops stationed at Pusan. Chong Pal, the Korean commander, came under forth to fight, but fearing his forces would be cut off, he effected a retreat to the city. Pusan fall under Japanese by 24 May 1592.

In June 10, 1592 Japanese army reaches at Seoul and every Korean army sent to stop them was soundly defeated. Japanese later capture Pyongyang on 24th July.

However, intervention by Chinese military forces, Seoul was liberated on 19 May 1593. By autumn of 1593 their invading armies had evacuated Korea, leaving behind a handful of garrisons to ‘occupy’ their remaining toehold on Korea’s south post.

In 1597 Japanese sent in forces in strength again to Korea. It was only in 1598, after a long series of negotiation that Japanese withdrew from the Peninsula.
Japanese invasion of Korea in 1592

Mycenaean War with Crete

The Mycenaean civilization, which reached its peaked between 1500 and 1200 BC, was the first great civilization on the Greek mainland.

Mycenaean civilization ruled by kings who inhibited places enclosed within massive was in easily defensible hilltops.

By the time they invaded Crete, the kings had strongly fortified these palaces, suggesting that theirs was a more warlike society.

Mycenae’s power was complete when a volcanic eruption in Crete weakened the power of the kingdom, which had been Mycenae’s main power rival.

The civilization of Crete began to decline after 1628 BC though a series of disaster. First volcanic island of Thera exploded, sending massive tidal wave to crash into the northern shore of Crete.

Crete war with the mainland Mycenaeans eroded wealth, and in 1450 BC, Mycenaean swept through Crete.


The Mycenaean colonization of Crete lasted from 1400 to 1100 BC. Knossos probably retained its position as capital of the island, but its rules were subject to the the mainland.

The Cretan places were not fortified . Conditions were evident regularly peaceful on Crete. The priest kings of Crete dwelt secure in comfortable. Rambling places, brightly colored and open to the warm sky.

From 14th century BC, roughly in the same period that the society on largely collapsed due to warfare and invasion, massive Cyclopean walls were erected at Mycenae, presumably replacing less impressive fortification.

Cyclopean architecture seems to have evolved in the Greek Argolid, is very notable in Mycenean architecture.

After the fall of Crete, Mycenaeans expanded their sphere of influence across the Mediterranean.
Mycenaean War with Crete