History of Japan OVER-simplified

Japan

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Jomon Period

8000 BC Communities of hunter-gatherers
Yayoi Period

300 BC Rice farming and metal working started.
Kofun-Asuka Period AD 300 The Yamato clan came into power.
Chinese writing and technology (iron, pottery, weaving, metalwork, architecture) came to Japan.

Confucianism and Buddhism were introduced in the 6th century.
Prince Shotoku established an Imperial government in the 7th century.

Nara-Heian Period 700 Aristocrats (Emperors and their families) ruled Japan.

Kamakura-Muromachi Period 1200 Samurai warriors (Shogun and warlords) ruled Japan and competed for power.

1492 Columbus’ expedition to America
Edo Period 1600 Shogun Tokugawa ruled Japan and closed the country to foreigners.


1854 Commodore Perry forced Japan open for trade.

1776 American Independence

1861Civil War

Meiji-Taisho Period

1868 The imperial government was restored.
Japan modernized through rapid industrialization and military development.

1894 War against China
1904 War against Russia
1910 Colonized Korea
1931 Manchurian Incident

1914 World War I
1929 Great Depression
Showa Period 1939-1945 World War II
1941 Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
1945 The U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Showa-Heisei Period 1945- Japan became a democracy.
Japan-U.S. Security Treaty
Great economic advancement
1950 Korean War

1965-1973 War in Vietnam
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