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710
The First Capital is established at Nara
The first Capital of Japan was made in 710 and Nara has lots of Buddha statues as was the religion at the time. -
794
Start of the Heian period
The Heian period was a period in which Chinese influence like Taoism and Buddhism was at its peak. -
1185
Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes the first shogun of Japan
Yoritomo was the first Shogun or military leader in Japan and started the line of shogunates. -
1467
Begin of warring states period
this was a time in which there was lots of conflict between states and upheaval from the public -
1543
First contact between Japanese and Europeans
António da Mota and Francisco Zeimoto were the first europeans to arrive in Japan -
1573
Azuchi-Momoyama period begins
this was when the states were brought together under a unified government. -
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Tokogawa shogunate
This shogunate was the last feudal military shogunate ruling family -
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Sakoku "locked country" period
in this period isolation was enforced on Japan and the only trade it accepted was small Dutch trade in one city. -
Arrival of the United States navy commander
Commander Perry led the Perry expedition to re-establish trade and diplomatic relations with Japan -
The Meiji restoration
this event brought back the imperial rule of japan
