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1603 BCE
Edo Period
Christianity is banned in Japan. Japan Isolates themselves for 200 years. Mt Fuji erupts. Friction between Japan and Britain when a British merchant is killed on Japanese soil. -
1573 BCE
Warring states period
Japan invades korea. Japans new leader, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, unifies Japan and authorises the new third Shogunate. -
1336 BCE
Ashikaga Period
Ashikaga shogunate takes power. Christianity is introduced to japan by a man called Francis Xavier. -
1185 BCE
Kamakura Period
A new government is formed called the Kamakura shogunate government. Mongols attempt to invade twice japan but are taken out by horrible weather conditions. The emperor didn't really have power but the shogans did. -
794 BCE
Heian Period
The capital city moved to Kyoto from the original capital, Nara. No one clan was in power until the Kamakura period started. Emperor Kammu is in charge. -
710 BCE
Nara Period
The establishment of the imperial dynasty; The first central government of Japan. Emperor Kammu is in control.