Ninjas! Skilled and Stealthy Secret Agents

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CHAPTER 1 Hazy History Ninjas have existed in popular culture for hundreds of years But many aspects of their history are hard to confirm This is because ancient Japan has a strong history of oral tradition and spoken stories often vary in detail Additionally a ninja’s main function was to be secretive So there was little written about these warriors Because of this historians disagree on exactly how ninjas developed Ninjas first appeared in Japanese text in the 1300s war chronicle Taiheiki A major point historians argue over is how great an influence the Chinese were on ninja development Ninjas are a Japanese