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100
Jomon Period
14,000BC - 300BC (Timeline wouldn't allow more than a 4-digit number) ; Good at Pottery -
Period: 100 to
Japanese Timeline
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250
Yamato Period
250 - 710 ; Imperial Court ruled -
300
Yayoi Period
300 BC - 300 AD ; "Iron Age -
Jan 1, 700
Hiragana was created
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Jan 1, 710
Nara Period
710 - 794BC ; Most of Society was agricultural -
Jan 1, 710
Nara was Capital
710 - 784 -
Dec 1, 1000
Tale of Genji
Time period is approximate -
Jan 1, 1185
Kamakura Period
1185 - 1333 ; Emergence of Samurai -
Jan 1, 1185
Kamakura was vapital of Japan
1185 - 1333 -
Jan 1, 1337
Muromachi Period
1337 - 1573 ; Ashikaga Shogunate, first Shogun -
Dec 1, 1500
Introduction to Christianity
Emerged around the 1500's -
Jun 23, 1534
Oda Nobunaga
June 1534 - June 1582 ; Initiator of unification -
Feb 2, 1536
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
February 1536 - March 1598 ; Was a daimyo, warrior, general and politician -
Jan 31, 1543
Ieyasu Tokugawa
Founder of first Shogun -
Edo Period
1603 - 1868 ; Economic growth -
Meiji Emperor
November 1852 - July 1912 ; Helped Japan emerge as a great power -
Matthew Perry and the "Blackships" first came to Japan
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Tokyo ( Edo) became the Capital
1868 - present -
Meiji Period
September 1868 - July 1912 ; Society moved from isolated fuedalism to form a modern society -
Taisho Period
July 1912 - September 1996 ; Time of the liberal movement -
Tokyo Earthquakes
Earthquake of 8.3 magnitude -
Showa Period
1926 - 1989; Reign of Hirohito -
Showa Period
December 1926 - January 1989 ; The Great Depression and the Second World War occured during this time -
Hiroshima Bombing
U.S dropped "Little Boy" on Hiroshima -
Bombing of Nagasaki
Dropped "Fat Man" on Nagasaki -
First Japanese Constitution
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Tokyo Olympics
Originally going to be in Tokyo in 1940 but was cancelled because if WWII -
Heisei Period
January 1989 - present ; Marked one of the most rapid economic growth spurts in Japanese history -
Kobe Earthquake
Earthquake Magnitude of 6.9 -
Asuka Period
592 - 645 ; Significant artistic, social, and political transformation -
Heian Period
794 - 1185 ; Named after Old Kyoto -
Kyoto (Heian)
794 - 1868 (With some inturruptions)