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  • Period: 794 to 1185

    Rise of the Samurai Class

    Samurai became the dominant warrior class, holding power and social prestige.
  • 1185

    Introduction of Zen Buddhism

    A new branch of Buddhism that influenced the samurai’s focus on discipline and meditation.
  • Period: 1192 to 1199

    Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes the first shogun

    Established Japan’s first military government and began the shogunate system.
  • Period: 1192 to 1333

    Bushido code becomes central to samurai life

    The samurai code of honour and loyalty guided behaviour and social expectations.
  • Period: 1274 to 1280

    The Mongol invasions of japan

    Mongol faces tried to invade japan were defeated, partly due to "divine winds."
  • Period: 1338 to 1573

    Ashikaga Shogunate begins

    Ashikaga Takauji took power, marking a new shogunate after the fall of Kamakura rule.
  • Period: 1467 to 1477

    Onin war and the start of the sengoku period

    A civil war between powerful Daimyo that plunged japan into chaos for over 100 years.
  • 1533

    Oda Nobunaga unifies much of Japan

    Powerful warlord who began Japan’s unification using advanced military tactics.
  • Period: 1548 to 1549

    Arrival of Christian missionaries (Francis Xavier)

    Christianity was introduced to Japan, leading to cultural exchange and later suppression.

  • Toyotomi hideyoshi completes japan's unification

    Finished the unification process and implemented strict social rules.

  • Tokugawa leyasu becomes shogun (start of Edo period)

    Began the Tokugawa Shogunate, a time of peace, order, and isolation.
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    Sakoku - Japan's isolation policy

    Western nations forced Japan to open trade, leading to the fall of the shogunate.