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250
Founding of the Great Shrine
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500
Japan adopts the Chinese alphabet
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552
Indtroduction of Buddhism in Japan
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Dec 15, 645
Kotoku becomes emperor of Japan
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Dec 15, 1100
Taira and Minamoto fight for control of Japan
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Dec 15, 1180
Minamoto clan takes control of Japan
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Dec 15, 1181
Great famine kills thousands of people
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Dec 15, 1192
Yoritomo becomes Shogun and begins the Shogunate government
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Dec 15, 1274
Kublai Khan and the Mongols try to invade Japan
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Koken becomes empress
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The Heian Era begins
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Japanese emperor bens contact with China