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34 Cards in this Set
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Jōmon
縄文時代 |
10,000BC ~ 300 BC
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Jōmon lifestyle
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- Early pottery with string patterns
-Sedentary lifestyle (didn't move around much) - Clay statues |
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Yayoi
弥生時代 |
300BC ~ AD 300
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Yayoi Lifestyle
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- Wet rice cultivation
- Bronze and iron tools/weapons - Social hireachy beings to appear |
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Yamato
大和 |
300 ~ 600AD
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Yamato Lifestyle
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- 538AD Buddhism introduced
- Emergence of ruling class - Writing system based on Chinese develops |
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Prince Shōtoku‘s 聖徳太子Constitution of Seventeen Articles is introduced in..
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604AD
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Nara 奈良 was the ancient capital of Japan between..
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710 -794 AD
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Nihon shoki日本書紀 (Chronicles of Japan) were written in...
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720 AD
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Heian平安 was the capital city between..
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794 - 1185
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Kamakura 鎌倉period was between..
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1185 – 1333
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Namboku chō南北 period was between..
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1333 - 1392
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The Kublai Khan tried to invade Japan in..
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1274 and 1281
Kamikaze神風 Destroy the Mongolian fleet |
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Muromachi室町 period was between..
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1392 - 1603 AD
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Sengoku jidai 戦国時代
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Warring States
1467 – 1568 |
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When did the Portuguese arrive?
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1542 - introduce firearms
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When was Christianity introduced?
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1549 by St Francis Xavier
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What customs were developed in the Sengoku jidai 戦国時代 period?
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- Tea Ceremonies
- Calligraphy - Japanese Gardens - Flower arrangement |
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Azuchi-Momoyama安土桃山 period was between..
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1573 - 1603
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When did Korea try to invade Japan?
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1592-98
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Edo (Tokugawa) 江戸(徳川) period was between..
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1603 -1868
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Edo (Tokugawa) 江戸(徳川) period events..
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- Edo (Tokyo) named capital
- Isolation from the rest of the world - Christianity banned - Foreign trade banned |
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Edo (Tokugawa) 江戸(徳川) lifestyle
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- Theatre
- Pictures of the floating world - Haiku poetry - Mass literature |
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Meiji 明治 period was between..
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1868 - 1912
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Meiji 明治 lifestyle & events..
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- More westernised
- Meiji restoration of full power - Shinto official religion |
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Sino-Japanese War was between..
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1894-95
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Russo-Japanese War was between..
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1904-05
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Taishō 大正 period was between..
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1912 - 1926
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Japan's involvement in WW1..
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- Joined Allied forces
- Sent 72,000 troops to Siberia to get to the Western Front |
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Shōwa 昭和 period was between..
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1926 -1989
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Shōwa 昭和 period events between 1937 and 1945..
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- 1937 Nankin Massacre
- 1941 Pearl Harbour - 1941-1945 Pacific War - Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
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Shōwa 昭和 period events between 1954 and 1956..
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- 1946 New Constitution
- 1952 allied occupation ends - 1956 UN member |
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Heisei平成 period between..
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1989 - Present
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Democratic Party were sworn in..
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September 2009
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