Period Achievements

Jomon(13,000-300 B.C.E.)

Pottery-making, hunting-gathering, developing agriculture, villages developed

Yayoi(300B.C.E.-300 C.E.)

Rice farming, social classes begin to evolve, metal-working is available

Yamato (539-710 C.E.)

Taika reforms fail, centralized government begins to take form, Buddhism is introduced to Japan

Nara(710-794 C.E.)

Ritsuryo System fails, Buddhism becomes the court religion, selective borrowing from Tang China takes place, Chinese

influence is high, barter-based economy

Heian(794-1192 C.E.)

Kana syllables developed, peace is prevalent, elitist court culture and values developed, great Japanese literature are

created by Heian women

Ashikaga(1338-1573 C.E.)

Trade with China and domestic production increase, firearms and Christianity are introduced to Japan

Age of Warring States(1467-1568 C.E.)

Trade with China and domestic production increase, firearms and Christianity are introduced to Japan; period of

power struggle; Europeans & Christians exiled.

Tokugawa(1603-1868 C.E.)

Centralized feudalism develops, agriculture booms, trade flourishes, towns come about, Kabuki develops