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500
Buddist priests from Korea visited Japan
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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1200
Medival Timeline
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552
Buddism Is Introduced to Japan
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Nov 26, 604
Prince Shotoku issed a set of guidelines called The Seventeen Articles Constitution
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Jun 5, 607
Contruction of the Oldest Surviving Five-Storied Pagoda Begins
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Oct 31, 607
Prince Shotoku sent an offical representative to the Chinese court
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Sep 12, 645
THe future emperor Tenchi created the Taika Reforms
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May 19, 1180
There was a civil war in Japan
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Jul 11, 1185
Minamoto Yoritomo seized power in Japan
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Jan 1, 1192
Minamoto Yoritomo took the title of shogun
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Nov 17, 1192
The First Shogun is Appointed
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Dec 30, 1200
Women could become ssamurai warriors
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Hiragana Writing Developing Begins
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Hiargana Writing Developing Ends
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Prince Shotoku Becomes Ruler of Japan
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Aristocrates lead a golden age of culture during the Heian period
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The Japanese invented a writing system called Kana
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Emperor Kammu moved the capital to Heian-kyo
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The emperor stopped working on the capital city Nagaoka
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Fujiwara Michinaga becomes leader of Japan
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Fujiwara married within the royal family
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Buddhist priests of Nara gained a great deal of influence over the Japanese court