Yamatai Period

Question 1

What lead to the rise of Queen Himiko?

Answer 1

Disorders that led to political consolidation and the establishment of a territorial hegemony

Question 2

What was Queen Himiko’s authority based on?

Answer 2

Religious authority as she is described as a shaman

Question 3

What was the territory Himiko ruled over called?

Answer 3

Yamatai

Question 4

Do we know where Yamatai located?

Answer 4

We don’t know

Question 5

Why is the location of Yamatai so debated?

Answer 5

The instructions in the Chinese dynastic accounts of how to get to Yamatai from the continent (Korea) are wrong

Question 6

What would it mean if Yamatai was in the Central Provinces?

Answer 6

It would be by at least late 230, Yamatai expanded to Northern Kyushu and Queen Himiko was able to send missions to China for all of Wa

Question 7

What would it mean if Yamatai was in Northern Kyushu?

Answer 7

It would suggest that Himiko’s influence probably extended over a much more limited area