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May 13, 2019 · The history of Japan is a story of an ancient people spanning the feudal era to modern-day dynasties. Discover the dates and ages in our complete timeline
History of Japan. Ancient Japan to 1185. Prehistoric Japan. Pre-Ceramic culture. Japanese historical sites. Important Japanese historical sites. It is not known when humans first settled on the Japanese archipelago.
Legends surrounding the founding of Japan are compiled as history in the Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters) and the Nihon shoki (Chronicle of Japan). With the adoption of Buddhism as the state religion, its monasteries gain political power.
A brief history of Japan in five distinct historical periods. The summary hopefully provides a basic insight into the country’s tumultuous past and provides some foundations from which the unique culture and customs of today’s Japan can be understood.
Ancient Japanese people hunting down the huge mammoth. The history of the human race confirmed in the Japanese archipelago can be traced back to about 30,000 to 100,000 years ago. About 34,000 years ago, stone tools called knife-type stone tools were brought to Japan from Northern China and were used throughout the Japanese islands.
The history of Japan dates back to the Paleolithic period, around 38-39,000 years ago, [1] with the first human inhabitants being the Jōmon people, who were hunter-gatherers. [2] The Yayoi people migrated to Japan around the 3rd century BCE, [ 3 ] introducing iron technology and agriculture, leading to rapid population growth and ultimately ...
1868 The capital moves to Tokyo. 1872 First railway line between Tokyo and Yokohama. 1889 The Meiji Constitution is promulgated. 1894-95 Sino-Japanese War. 1904-05 Russo-Japanese War. 1910 Annexation of Korea. 1912 Death of Emperor Meiji. Read more about the Meiji Period.
