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1889 BCE
The Meiji Constitutiion is established as the law of government in Japan
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Period: 1868 BCE to 1912 BCE
Meiji Restoration
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Period: 1868 BCE to 1912 BCE
Meiji Restoration
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Period: 1868 BCE to 1912 BCE
Meiji Restoration
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Period: 1868 BCE to 1912 BCE
Meiji Restoration
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Period: 1868 BCE to 1912 BCE
Meiji Restoration
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Period: 1868 BCE to 1912 BCE
Meiji Restoration
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Period: 1868 BCE to 1912 BCE
Meiji Restoration
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Period: 1868 BCE to 1912 BCE
Meiji Restoration
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Period: 1868 BCE to 1912 BCE
Meiji Restoration
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Period: 1868 BCE to 1912 BCE
Meiji Restoration
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Period: 1868 BCE to 1912 BCE
Meiji Restoration
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Period: 1868 BCE to 1912 BCE
Meiji Restoration
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Period: 1868 BCE to 1912 BCE
Meiji Restoration
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1867 BCE
Prince Mutsuhito becomes emperor ( the first to have real authority since the start of the Medieval period)
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1853 BCE
Commodore Matthew Perry (US) arrives in Japan, beginning the end of Japan's isolation from the rest of the world
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1610 BCE
Missionaries expelled from Japan
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1606 BCE
Anti-Christian decrees were proclaimed
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1603 BCE
Japan bans foreigners and access to foreign goods and literature
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1549 BCE
Christian missionaries arrived in Japan
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1336 BCE
Japan has its first contact with Europe
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1281 BCE
Japan drives back Mongol invasion
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1185 BCE
Zen Buddhism introduced to Japan
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1160 BCE
The start of Japan's Medieval Period
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1000 BCE
First Japanese novels appear
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794 BCE
Kammu makes Heian (Kyoto) his capital and Heain period begins