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The emperor was just a figurehead, but had the top rank. The shogun, supreme military commander was the actual ruler. The daimyo, powerful landholding samurai were below him. Then came the Samurai warriors. Followed by the peasants and artisans. Last were the merchants, however as the Japan economy expanded they became more important.

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1. I learned that in Tokugawa completed the unification of Japan.
2. I learned that Tokugawa Ieyasu defeated his rivals at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600.
3. I learned that Tokugawa's victory earned him the loyalty of daimyo throughout Japan.

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Leaves changing color
Making their way to the ground
The journey of leaves

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Three things that Portuguese brought were clocks, eyeglasses, tobacco, firearms. The item that made the most impact were firearms. The Japanese purchased weapons from the Portuguese and Firearms forever changed the time-honored tradition of the Japanese warrior, whose principal weapon had been the sword.

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Christian Missionaries started arriving in Japan in 1549. The Japanese accepted the missionaries partly because they associated them with the muskets and other goods that they wanted to purchase from the europeans. Tokugawa Ieyasu was upset form of the success of the missionaries because he found aspects of the Christian invasion troublesome. At first, Ieyasu did not take any action, but by 1612 he banned Christianity and focused on ridding his country of all Christians.

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-Japan was mainly isolated from 1639 to 1853.
-The Japanese traded with the Portuguese.
-Nagasaki is most known for being one out of two cities in Japan that were hit by atomic bombs during the Second World War.

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What did the Japanese have that the Europeans wanted?

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What did the Japanese have that the Europeans wanted?

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When the Japanese accepted the Christian missionaries in part because they associated them with the muskets and other European goods that they wanted to purchase.