what is the full history of japan?

Answer 1

haha your funny. OK I'll tell you up to the Mongol invasions ok?

So... where do I begin. ahh JAPAN.

No one knows who first paddled to Japan but by 4500 bce a hunter gatherer people the Ainu were livin it up! Around 500 bce a Korean religious cult came looking for the promised land and they thought the leader of this group was a living god.

These religious settlers grew and eventually pushed back the Ainu in border wars that lasted centuries. Also the cult leader had a son and he had a son... and from that day to today for 2500 years the Same family has ruled Japan.

If a clan in Japan wanted to gain power its daughters would marry the emperor until only the male bloodline was of the Emperors familys. Japanese clans warred among themselves for this honour.

At this time Chinese immigrants were coming bring ideas about culture, religion, ceremony, city planning, draining etc. The Japanese copied and embraced everything Chinese. They parceled out land Tang style ( Tang was the Chinese dynasty of the time) pacifying nobles with Buddhism and Chinese titles, they even adopted Chinese writing which didnt suit the Japanese language at all. To celebrate the Japanese even built a new capital. Kyoto rose in the 790s. Culture blossomed a new simplified script boosted poetry and prose. In the late 900s people sensed the era was passing. The pessimism in Lady Muruasaki's Tale of Genji was telling. But why worry?

Life was a party, poetry, manners, costumes with seven layers. Certainly the fronteir with its growing population of free lance swordsman was far on everyone's mind.

Later the Mongols tried to invade- TWICE. The Japanese organized a good defence and defeated the invader with some help from the weather but the effort bankrupted the Japanese court and the emperor lost power. Finally lords bicked and the most powerful became Shogun, his Samurai or hired swords help power rather than the smooth diplomacy of before.

Answer 2

That is a rather big question. Signficant events in Japanese history would include the nation conversion to Buddhism, the rise of the shoguns, the entry of Jesuit missionaries, the persecution of their converts, the Meiji era when Japan became open to the west, the Russo-Japanese war, Japan's role in both world wars, the peace constitution and the transition to democracy.

Of course, one interesting issue is the conflict between archaeologists researching ancient Japanese history and the Japanese government. The Japanese government has tried to suppress any accounts of early Japanese history that suggest that outside forces played a major role in the development of the nation.

Answer 3

OK. I'm done laughing.
Now I can TRY to help, but it will NOT be by answering this question!
Google Japan time line.
Of course, since Japan's history spans thousands of years, it will be a long line, but it WILL give you the highlights.
For the full history, you'll probably have to study on your own for a bit ... say at least 100 years.

Answer 4

Acquire a PHD in Japanese history from a University in Tokyo and you will start having your question answered.

Answer 5

When I finish asking your question I will then use it to create a 12 volume series of books...............

Answer 6

Are you serious? It would take volumes to answer this question. Narrow your question for this format.

Answer 7

U can't be serious. What is your real question?

Answer 8

... your kidding right? on yahoo answers?