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400
Japen has contact with China
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500
Buddhisem, Confucianism and Chines writting are adopted
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500
Japan has contact with China
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Jan 1, 600
Buddhism, Confucianism and chines writting are adopted
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Jan 1, 710
The imperial court is establish at Nara
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Jan 1, 1192
Yoritomo becomes shogon: Japan is ruled by a military style government: the Monogals invade Japan
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Jan 1, 1333
Japan is briefly under imperial rule
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Jan 1, 1336
First contact with Europeans
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Jan 1, 1543
Portuguese traders arrive in Japan
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Jan 1, 1576
The shoggunless period begins
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Japan closes its door to the West; military rule
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The Heian period begins -a time of cultural and artistic development