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Topic : Medieval Japanese societal structure

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Chapter 1 : Early Japan

Evidence suggests that Japan has been inhabited for at least 30 000 years
From 300 BC settlers from South-East Asia and Korea brought knowledge of paddy-field rice cultivation
Japanese society changed from nomadic groups of hunter-gatherers, to communities of farmers living together in settled villages
From 400 AD Buddhist scholars and monks introduced the Chinese script
From 500 AD the Yamato rulers became emperors, with an imperial court of nobles and officials
Buddhism arrived in Japan from India via China and Korea
From 894 AD Japan broke contact with China
From 1185 AD Japan's rulers changed from courtly aristocrats to warriors, and authority passed from the emperor to his chief general, called the shogun

Chapter 2 : Japanese religion

Chapter 3 : Emperors and shoguns

Chapter 4 : Mongol invasion

Chapter 5 : Feudalism in Japan

Chapter 6 : Isolation

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