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  • 710

    the first capital is established at Nara

    the first capital is established at Nara
    the first capital is established at Nara
  • 794

    start of the Heian period

    start of the Heian period
    the Heian period starts
  • 1185

    Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes the first shogun of Japan

    Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes the first shogun of Japan
    Minamoto no Yoritomo is the first shogun of japan
  • 1467

    beginning of the Warring states period

    beginning of the Warring states period
    the Warring states period begins
  • 1543

    first contact between Japanese and Europeans and beginning of trade

    first contact between Japanese and Europeans and beginning of trade
    the Japanese encounter the Europeans for the first time
  • 1573

    the Azuchi-Momoyama period begins

    the Azuchi-Momoyama period begins
    the beginning of the Azuchi-Momoyama

  • the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate

    the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate
    the Tokugawa shogunate begins

  • the sakoku (“locked country”) period begins

    the sakoku (“locked country”) period begins
    the Sakoku was the isolationist foreign policy of the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate

  • the arrival of the United States navy fleet commanded by Matthew Perry

    the arrival of the United States navy fleet commanded by Matthew Perry
    Matthew Perry arrives with United States navy fleet

  • the Meiji Restoration

    the Meiji Restoration
    the Meiji Restoration restored practical imperial rule to the Empire of Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji