ANCIENT JAPAN

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ANCIENT JAPAN
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VOCABULARY

• Clan
• A group of families who trace their descent from
  a common ancestor
• Led by a chief

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OUTSIDE INFLUENCES

• Korea
• Bronze and iron technology for tools and weapons
• Rice
• Buddhism
• China
• Writing system
• Calendar
• Centralized government

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ZEN BUDDHISM

• Most influential branch of Buddhism in Japan
• Believe in sudden enlightenment rather than
  through years of study
• Believers must try to understand koans
• This will lead to enlightenment

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FEUDAL JAPAN

• Lords hired warriors to fight other lords
• Japan became divided into large estates
• Much disorder and violence

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vocabulary

• Samurai
• A Japanese warrior who pledged to serve a
  particular lord and protect his estate
• Became a distinct social class
• Shogun
• In feudal Japan, the emperors chief general, who
  held most of the countrys power.

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TOKUGAWA SHOGUNATE

• Tokugawa Ieyasu was shogun
• Europeans arrived in Japan
• Brought firearms and goods
• Converted many to Catholicism

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THE CLOSING DOOR

• Tokugawa ordered all Christians to leave Japan
• Would not let Japanese people return after
  leaving
• Banned European trade
• EFFECT ISOLATED