Date Japan

BCE
Ancient Japan
35,000 - 10,000 Paleolithic
10,000 - 300 Jomon Period

300 BCE - 300 CE Yayoi Period

Tomb period

CE
Classical Japan
300 - 710 Kofun Period
Yamato period

538 Asuka Period

552 - 645
594
607, 608, 614
604

645 - 710 Hakuho Period

645-650

710 - 794 Nara Period

712 & 720 respectively

794 - 1185 Heian Period

794 Fujiwara Period

838
 Feudal Japan
1185 - 1333 Kamakura Period

1274 & 1281

Kemmu Restoration
1333-1336
1336 - 1573 Muromachi Period (Ashikaga)
Nanboku-cho period
1336 - 1392
1392

Sengoku period
1467 - 1573

Nanban trade

1467-1477 Onin War

1568 - 1603 Azuchi-Momoyama period

1582

1592
1598

1603 - 1868 Edo Period (Tokugawa)

1635 Seclusion

1854 Bakumatsu
 Modern Japan
1868 - 1912 Meiji Period

Meiji Restoration
1871

1894-1895 First Sino-Japanese War

1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War

1912 - 1926 Taisho Period
World War I

1926 - 1989 Showa Period

1931 Second Sino-Japanese War

1937 Rape of Nanking

1939-1945 World War II

December 7 (8), 1941

August 6 (9), 1945

September 2,1945
Postwar Japan
1945 - 1952 occupied Japan
1952 - 1990 post-occupation

1989 - present Heisei Period

1989
1990
2005
 China

earliest stone implements Paleolithic

first signs of civilization Yangshao
semi-sedentary hunter-gatherer lifestyle Longshan
cord-pattern pottery Hsia
dogu Shang
influx of new practices Zhou
rice, bronze and iron brought by migrants Qin Dynasty
The Land of Wa was first mentioned
in Chinese history
first "Japanese" envoy to China
Han Dynasty

historic Japan commences

adoption of the Chinese alphabet
centralized state
introduction of Buddhism
Sui dynasty
First Sinification Phase
Prince Shotoku serves as regent
first official Japanese mission to China
The Seven Article Constitution
*Supremacy of the ruler
*centralization of government
*bureacracy of merit
Second Sinification Phase
Taika Reforms
first use of Nihon
Capital is moved from Asuka to Nara
modeled after Ch'ang-an
Relations with Silla and T'ang China
new system of government
T'ang dynasty
Chinese type provinces, subdivided into districts
Chinese type emperor
spread of Buddhism
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
taxes were in the form of grain produce, textile
peak of imperial court
capital moved to Heian-kyo (Kyoto)
proliferation of art, poetry and literature
The Tale of Genji
peak of Chinese influence
last Imperial-sanctioned mission to China
political power was in the hands of
powerful aristocratic families Northern Song
rise of military clans (samurai)
civil war: Hogen and Heiji Rebellions

Southern Song
 Genpei War
Japanese swords began to be exported

Emperor and the court relegated to Southern Song

ceremonial functions
Military emphasis
Shogun: de facto national ruler
control by the bushi class
bakufu system of government
Mongol invasions
short reestablishment of imperial rule
Yuan dynasty

Imperial court was split in two

Empire is unified again

southern court surrenders to Ashikaga
warring states period
Trade with China grew
economy developed
widespread of markets & commercial cities
agricultural development
first contacts with the West
firearms introduced
decline of the Muromachi era
Oda Nobunaga ends the civil war
start of military reunification Ming dynasty
tea ceremony flourishes
Toyotomi Hideyoshi succeeded Nobunaga
reunited Japan
tries to conquer Korea
death of Hideyoshi
Japanese forces retreat
administration shared by 200+ daimyo
samurai class above commoners
sumptuary laws
ukiyo-e, kabuki, bunraku developments
spread of Christianity
Neo-confucianism favored by samurai
prohibition of travelling abroad & reading
foreign books
Restriction of foreigners to Nagasaki
foreign ban except Chinese and Dutch
No ship building
Russian encroachment
Treaty of Kanagawa
arrival of Admiral Perry
pro-shogunate forces defeated
Qing Dynasty
 end of isolation Qing Dynasty

start of modernization
rise to world power
destablishment of the feudal system
first newspaper, Yen debuts
Western institutions adopted
Treaty of Shimonoseki
independence of Korea
cede Taiwan, P'enghu islands, Liaodong
Treaty of Portsmouth
shift of power to Diet
declared war on the Central Powers
seized opportunity to expand in Asia
& the Pacific
one of the "Big Five"
League of Nations
political totalitarism
invaded Inner Manchuria
puppet state of Manchukuo
Marco Polo Bridge Incident
leaves League of Nations

tensions mounted against U.S.

Japanese assets in U.S. frozen
rejection of compromises
invasion of East Asia
attack on Pearl Harbor
also attacked Hong Kong at the same time
Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombed
signed an instrument of surrender on
the USS Missouri

Economic Boom
second largest economy P.R.C.

Japan joins APEC

bubble economy bursts
Kyoto protocol
 Korea

Paleolithic

Three Kingdoms: Silla,

Goguryeo, Baekje

Unified Silla
Goryeo Dynasty

Joseon Dynasty

Daehan Empire
 Daehan Empire

Japanese Colonization

DPRK (north)

Republic of Korea
(south)