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Concise Timeline of Japan
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Stone Age People live by hunting and gathering ------------------------ 10,000BC Upper Paleolithic known as ( Jomon Era) or (Jomon Period in Japan ) Permanent settlement begins; people use polished stone tools and earthenware ------------------------ C. 3500 BC After a period of No civilization around the world. the Exception came and was that of Mesopotamia where First Civilization developped ------------------------ C. 2500 BC In India :Indus civilization started ------------------------ Yayoi Period in Japan : Start of rice cultivation and use of metal utensils C. ------------------------ C. 1400 BC In China :Yin dynasty is founded ------------------------ 300 BC In Japan :The Yayoi period - Start of rice cultivation - Technology was obtained from China, such as use of metal utensils
------------------------ 4th-5th C. Unification of the Yamato court proceeds; burial mounds built around the country; Buddhism, Chinese characters, new technologies, and other culture brought to Japan from the continent ------------------------ 593 Prince Shotoku becomes regent ------------------------ 607 Horyuji temple, including the oldest surviving wooden structure in the world, is completed ------------------------ 645 Kotoku became the emperor of Japan ------------------------ 710 Capital moves to Nara ------------------------ 752 Great Buddha at Todaiji temple is completed ------------------------ 752 The nobility becomes more powerful ------------------------ 752 Use of Japanese kana syllabaries begins ------------------------ 794 Japanese Capital moves to Kyoto ------------------------ 794 The Heian era ------------------------ 1100s The Taira and the Minamoto fought for control of Japan ------------------------ 1180s The Minamoto clan obtained controlled of the country ------------------------ 1192 Yoritomo was given the title Shogun and led the government which became known as a Shogunate ------------------------
1192 Minamoto no Yoritomo establishes the Kamakura shogunate ------------------------ 1206 Genghis Khan establishes the Mongol Empire ------------------------ 1274 Mongols attack Japan (and again in 1281) 1299 Ottoman Empire is established ------------------------ 1330 The Ashikaga clan seized power ------------------------ 1336 Ashikaga Takauji establishes the Muromachi (Kyoto) shogunate ------------------------ 1337 Hundred Years' War between England and France begins ------------------------ 1397 Temple of the Golden Pavilion is built in Kyoto ------------------------ 1490 Temple of the Silver Pavilion is built in Kyoto ------------------------ 1490 Wars among feudal lords spread throughout the country ------------------------ 1543 Portuguese introduce the first firearms to Japan ------------------------ 1549 The Portuguese were the most successful Europeans in initiating major trade agreements with the Japanese ------------------------ 1549 Christianity introduced to Japan by Francis Xavier He was a Portuguese missionary,who arrived in Japan. ------------------------ 1590 Toyotomi Hideyoshi unifies Japan ------------------------ 1603 Tokugawa leyasu was given the title of Shogun by the emperor. This title was held by the dynasty for 265 years ------------------------
1603 Tokugawa Ieyasu establishes the Edo(Tokyo) shogunate ------------------------ 1603 Merchants become more powerful as commerce flourishes ------------------------ 1639-1854 Japan becomes completely closed to the world. The Japanese broke ties with all foreigners for the next two hundred years The number of temple schools increases; reading, writing, abacus, morals, and other subjects are widely taught ------------------------ C. 1750 Industrial Revolution begins in Europe ------------------------ 1776 USA declares independence ------------------------ 1853 US Navy Commodore Matthew Perry arrives in Uraga to demand that Japan open up to USA for trade ------------------------ 1854 Japan and the United States conclude the Treaty of Peace and Amity, ending Japan's seclusion . Japan agreed to open two ports to USA for trade ------------------------ 1858 Commerce treaties are concluded with various countries ------------------------ 1867 Edo shogunate falls, and the Emperor becomes central to politics ------------------------ 1868 - The Meiji Emperor announced the official return of the imperial power
- Meiji Restoration occurs, and Edo is renamed as Tokyo
- Big changes in political and social systems and people's lifestyles
- Compulsory education system is established; construction of elementary schools begins around the country
- The Meiji Emperor was declared a divine ruler ------------------------ 1889 Constitution of the Empire of Japan is issued ------------------------ 1890 First Imperial Diet is held ------------------------ 1894- 95 War between Japan and China ------------------------ 1895 Silk industry develops --------------- 1895 Japan conquered Taiwan ------------------------
1904- 05 War between Japan and Russia ------------------------ 1910 Japan conquered Korea ------------------------ 1914 - 1918 World War I
Japan declared war on Germany ------------------------ 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake ------------------------ 1925 Universal male suffrage is introduced ------------------------ 1929 Great Depression begins ------------------------ 1931 Japanese conquered Manchuria ------------------------ 1936 Japan signed an anti-communist pact with Germany and Italy ------------------------ 1939- 45 World War II ------------------------ 1940 Japan entered World War II by occupying the northern part of French Indochina ------------------------ 1941- 45 Pacific War ------------------------ 7-12-1941 Japanese attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii ------------------------ 18-7-1944 The government headed by Prime Minister Tojo collapsed ------------------------ August 1945 The United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ------------------------ 2-9-1945 Japan officially surrendered and World War II ended ------------------------ 1945 United Nations is established ------------------------ 1946 * Constitution of Japan is issued * Social reforms are carried out ------------------------ 1949 Yukawa Hideki becomes the first Japanese to win the Nobel Prize in physics ------------------------ 1951 Peace treaties are concluded with various countries ------------------------ 1956 Japan becomes a member of the United Nations (see 1945) ------------------------ 1964 Olympic Games are held in Tokyo, the first Games in Asia ------------------------ 1964 Tokaido Shinkansen (bullet train) begins operating ------------------------ 1970 World Exposition is held in Osaka, the first EXPO in Asia ------------------------ 1972 Okinawa is returned to Japan ------------------------ 1972 Winter Olympics are held in Sapporo ------------------------ 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake ------------------------ 1998 Winter Olympics are held in Nagano ------------------------ 2002 FIFA World Cup is cohosted by Japan and Korea ------------------------ 2004 Niigata-Chuetsu Earthquake ------------------------ 2005 * Kyoto Protocol comes into force * World Exposition is held in Aichi on the theme of "Nature's Wisdom" ------------------------ 2011 Big East Japan Earthquake
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