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710
the first capital is established at Nara
the first capital of Japan and where the emperor would sit. -
794
start of the Heian period
Buddhism was brought in they had their own alphabet and art. -
1185
Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes the first shogun of Japan
the military leader at the time -
1467
beginning of the Warring states period
the states were at war with each other basically there was a war within a country -
1543
first contact between Japanese and Europeans and beginning of trade
the first Europeans to arrive to Japan at the time -
1573
the Azuchi-Momoyama period begins
taking over of other states in Japan -
the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate
they were trying to centre all of china and all of the different states -
the sakoku (“locked country”) period begins
Japan became locked out to the rest of the world people weren't let out or in it was the toughest rulings ever -
the arrival of the United States navy fleet commanded by Matthew Perry
United States demanding for the Japanese to reopen their borders and for them to stop being locked off from other countries -
the Meiji Restoration
this is where they reformed the government and started new traditions
