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1.  What may have been Heian Jyo's population during the golden age?
2. What was one of the disasters that may have contributed to the destruction of this city?

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1.  Who was power mainly in the hands of?
2.  What did Toyotomi Hydeyoshi's call him?

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1.  Where did Kublai Khan and the Mongols first set sail for?
2.  How many Samurai did the 20,000 Mongols "slug it out" with?

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2.  Besides protecting the face, what other advantage did the iron masks sometimes worn by samurai have?

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2.  Besides protecting the face, what other advantage did the iron masks sometimes worn by samurai have?

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1.  Who was the female samurai mentioned in fact 4?

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1.  Who was the female samurai mentioned in fact 4?

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The Sheer Takeover of Samurai and Shogun

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The Sheer Takeover of Samurai and Shogun

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1100s- Heian was a great center of Japan and literature

Land was destroyed due to fighting between rebels and officials

Some poor people became bandits/thieves

Japanese rulers focused on country life- didn't notice other problems within

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Japan in the Heian Period and Cultural History: Crash Course World History 227

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new leaders rose to power

began as local leaders but craved more power

1500s- each leader fought for control and unification of Japan

The image below is a visual symbol of unification which is what the leaders strived for

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Many of the nobles outside Heian=unhappy with the Japanese government and wanted a change of leadership

Strong noble clans fought for power and went to war in the 1150s- the Minimoto clan won

Kept emperor as a figurehead but still remained loyal to him

Figurehead=a person who appears to rule even though real power rests with someone else

The visual below is a painting of Tokugawa Ieyasu

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first leader= Oda Nobunaga

gave soldiers guns brought by Portugese during trading'

easily defated  opponents

Oda dies- leaders continue to attempt at unifying Japan

1600- Tokugawa Ieyasu conquered his enemies

1603- emperor made him shogun

ruled from Edo (Tokyo)

Tokugawashogunate- rule by shoguns of the Tokugawa family

1868- Japan traded with other countries and let Christian missionairies live in Japan

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Samurai, Daimyo, Matthew Perry, and Nationalism: Crash Course World History #34

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An Infernal Invasion and Internal Rebellion

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An Infernal Invasion and Internal Rebellion

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one of the greatest challeneges to shoguns= Mongol invasion

Kublai Khan sent an army to conquer  the Japanese islands in 1274

Shogun sent troops to fight Mongols

Japanese warring nobles set aside differences to fight the enemy

A great storm sank many Mongol ships and forced them to flee

1281- Mongols try again with 2 huge armies, another storm swept over Japan and sank most of the Mongol fleet

Kamikaze= "divine wind"

1400s- shoguns lost most of their authority

Daimyo ruled much of Japan

Daimyo= powerful landowners

No powerful central authority of any sort tried to impose order in Japan

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Learn about how the Mongols tried to invade Japan and the crazy events that ensued.

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Samurai=trained professional warriors

Most samurai inherited their position from their father

Every samurai was supposed to serve their lord, who served the emperor

Samurai were highly respected

Wore special helmets and armor, many carried 2 swords

Most powerful samurai got land for service and profited from it

Women also had to learn how to fight to protect their homes from robbers

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Debunking Myths About Japanese Warriors & Samurai

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Get the Top Five Facts about Japanese Samurai! Top Five on the FLY - Facts and Fun! If you need to research a topic quickly, check Five Fly Videos first! Homework help, smart shopping, urban myths and funny facts - everything you need to know summarized in a list of five.

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to prevent shoguns from losing power, in 1630s the ruling shogun closed Japan off from the rest of the world

Japan rulers also banned guns- feared that peasants with guns could defeat samurai armies

Combination limited technology but helped extend the samurai period until the 1800s

The scene below is from Elsa's (Frozen) "Let it Go" which contains the quote, "...a kingdom of isolation..."

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Bushido=the code of rules that Samurai had to follow

influenced much of Japanese society

Preached values such as loyalty and honor

The picture below is Bushido written in the Japanese language