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and not a white man invention ...
Due to its proximity with China, Japan had long been familiar with gunpowder weaponry. Firearms seem to have first appeared in Japan around 1270, as primitive metal tubes invented in China and called teppō (鉄砲 lit. "iron cannon") seem to have been introduced in Japan as well.[1]
These weapons were very basic, as they had no trigger or sights, and could not bear comparison with the more advanced European weapons which were introduced in Japan more than 250 years later.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_of_Japan
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07-03-2014, 07:40 AM
Chinese invented cannon and fire arms in 1270...
