Why are they significant Flashcards
Why was the Jomon period significant?
This period marks the transition between Paleolithic and Neolithic ways of life. Archaeological findings indicate that people lived in simple surface dwellings and fed themselves through hunting and gathering.
Why was the Yayoi period significant?
The Yayoi set the foundations for what would now be known as medieval Japan with the introduction of rice-growing and metalworking, which allowed for a population expansion and increase in weapons and armor production for military purposes.
Why was the Kofun period significant?
The Kofun period recorded Japan’s earliest political centralization, when the Yamato clan rose to power in southwestern Japan, established the Imperial House, and helped control trade routes across the region.
Why was the Nara period significant?
in Japanese history, It is the period in which the imperial government was at Nara, and Sinicization and Buddhism were most highly developed. Nara, the country’s first permanent capital, was modelled on the Chinese T’ang dynasty (618–907) capital, Ch’ang-an.
Why was the Heian period significant?
It is a period in Japanese history when the Chinese influences were in decline and the national culture matured. This period is also considered the peak of the Japanese imperial court and noted for its art, especially poetry and literature.
Why was the Kamakura period significant?
marked Japan’s transition to a land-based economy and the concentration of advanced military technologies in the hands of a specialized fighting class. Lords required the loyal services of vassals, who were rewarded with fiefs of their own; the fief holders then exercised local military rule.
Why was the Ashikaga period significant?
It was during the Ashikaga Period that the first Europeans arrived in Japan, Portuguese missionaries and traders who sailed ashore at southern Kyūshū in 1543.
Why was the Edo period significant?
the final period of traditional Japan, a time of internal peace, political stability, and economic growth under the shogunate (military dictatorship) founded by Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Why was the Meiji period significant?
The Meiji period that followed the Restoration was an era of major political, economic, and social change in Japan. The reforms enacted during the Meiji emperor’s rule brought about the modernization and Westernization of the country and paved the way for Japan to become a major international power.
