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Period: 500 to Mar 2, 1200
Medieval Japan
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552
Buddhism is introduced to Jupan
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552
Mahayana arrived in Japan
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Jul 6, 607
Prince Shotoku sent a representative to the Chinese court where they learned about Chinese literature, art, and philosophy
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Dec 2, 607
Construction of the oldest surviving five-storied pagoda begins
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Jul 18, 645
the furture emperor Tenchi created the Taika Reforms
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May 4, 710
The imperial government built a Chinese-style capital
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Mar 3, 1180
there was a civil war in Japan
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May 31, 1185
Minamoto Yoritomo, the head of a military family, seized power
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May 1, 1192
The first shogun is appointed
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Dec 9, 1192
Minamoto took the title of shogun, or commander-in-chief
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Prince Shotoku rules Japan
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Prince Shotoku power ends
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Aristocrats lead a golden age of culture the Heian period
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Hiragana writing develops
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Emperor Kammu decided to move the capital away from Nara
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the Japanese invented kana