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710
the first capital is established at Nara
the first capital of Japan is made -
710
the first capital is established at Nara
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794
start of the Heian period
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794
start of the Heian period
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1185
Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes the first shogun of Japan
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1185
Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes the first shogun of Japan
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1467
beginning of the Warring states period
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1467
beginning of the Warring states period
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1543
first contact between Japanese and Europeans and beginning of trade
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1545
first contact between Japanese and Europeans and beginning of trade
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1573
the Azuchi-Momoyama period begins
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1573
the Azuchi-Momoyama period begins
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the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate
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the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate
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the sakoku (“locked country”) period begins
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the sakoku (“locked country”) period begins
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the arrival of the United States navy fleet commanded by Matthew Perry
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the Meiji Restoration