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400
3 kingdoms in korea
Between about a.d. 300 and 600, powerful local rulers forged three separate kingdoms: Koguryo (koh guh ree oh) in the north, Paekche (pehk cheh) in the southwest, and Shilla (shil lah) in the southeast. -
500
Yamado Clan comes to power
By about a.d. 500, the Yamato clan came to dominate a corner of Honshu, the largest Japanese island. For the next 1,000 years, the Yamato Plain was the heartland of Japanese government. -
Oct 28, 612
China reunited
During the brief Sui dynasty the emperor Sui Wendi reunited the north and south. -
Oct 28, 700
Block Printing
Block printing is invented in the 700's -
Oct 28, 700
Mechanical Clock
The Machanical clock is made in the 700's -
Oct 30, 710
New Capital
In 710, the Japanese emperor built a new capital at Nara, modeled on the Tang capital at Chang'an. -
Oct 28, 1200
Mongols take and expand
at about 1200, the Mongols burst out of Central Asia to conquer an empire stretching across Asia and Europe. In the process, they overran Song China and imposed Mongol rule on its people. -
Oct 28, 1271
Marco polo
In 1271, Polo left Venice with his father and uncle. He crossed Persia and Central Asia to reach China. During his stay in China, he spent 17 years in Kublai's service. -
Oct 31, 1274
Japan invasion
When the Japanese refused to accept Mongol rule, Kublai Khan launched an invasion from Korea in 1274. -
Oct 28, 1279
song emperor toppled
Genghiz Khan's grandson, Kublai (koo blī), finally toppled the last Song emperor in 1279. -
Oct 28, 1300
Peace in mongolia
In the 1200s and 1300s, the sons and grandsons of Genghiz Khan established peace and order within their domains. -
Oct 31, 1300
Theater changed
In the 1300s, feudal culture had produced Nō plays performed on a square, wooden stage without scenery. -
Oct 31, 1338
New dynasty in Mongolia
A new dynasty took power in 1338, but the level of warfare increased after 1450. -
Oct 30, 1350
mongols occupy
The Mongols occupied Korea until the 1350s. -
Oct 28, 1368
Ming Dynasty
In 1368,there was a new Chinese dynasty, which was called the Ming, meaning brilliant. -
Oct 30, 1392
Choson dynasty set up in Korea
In 1392, the brilliant Korean general Yi Song-gye (ee sung keh) set up the Choson dynasty. -
Oct 30, 1400
period of disobediance in japan
he 1400s, when Sogi lived, were a time of political intrigue, rebellions, and feudal warfare in Japan. -
Oct 28, 1408
Zheng He's voyage
In 1405, Zheng He commanded the first of seven expeditions. He departed at the head of a fleet of 62 huge ships and hundreds of smaller ones, carrying a crew of more than 25,000 sailors. -
Oct 28, 1433
sea going ships banned
n 1433, the year Zheng He died, the Ming emperor suddenly banned the building of seagoing ships. -
Oct 28, 1500
New crops
In the 1500s, new crops reached China from the Americas, especially corn and sweet potatoes. -
Invasion of china
In the 1590s, an ambitious Japanese ruler decided to invade China by way of Korea. -
Japan taken by Toyotomi
By 1590, the brilliant general Toyotomi Hideyoshi (hee day yoh shee), a commoner by birth, had brought most of Japan under his control -
A new shogun
Minamoto Yoritomo was appointed shogun in 1192. -
Korean missionaries bring ideas
By about a.d. 500, missionaries from Korea had introduced Buddhism to Japan. With it came knowledge of Chinese writing and culture. -
Prince Shotoku learns about china
In the early 600s, Prince Shotoku of the Yamato clan decided to learn about China directly instead of through Korean sources. -
Larger attack on Japan
In 1281, the Mongols landed an even larger invasion force, but again a typhoon destroyed much of the Mongol fleet. -
Woodblock artists emerge
In the 1600s, the vigorous urban culture produced a flood of colorful woodblock prints to satisfy middle-class tastes. -
Tang dynasty overthrown
a rebel general overthrew the last Tang emperor. -
Song dynasty comes to power in China
A scholory general founds the song dynasty. -
Gun Powder
Gun Powder is made in China -
Korea is founded
In 108 b.c., the Han emperor Wudi invaded Korea and set up a military colony there. -
Tang dynasty
Tang dynasty rises to power