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Indian missionaries travel to china spreading Buddhism, one of the major world religions.
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In 300AD the Yayoi people founded Japan off the coast of the Korean peninsula.
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200 years after China the Japanese got their teaching of Buddhism.
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In 523 the Fujiwara peoples over took Japan.
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Chinese create a canal spanning up and down the east.
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In 607 Japanese travelers went to China to study their culture and languages. (This is why the two places are similar)
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In the year 631AD Prince Shotoku Signs Japan's first constitution.
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In 690AD China's first and only female empress, Empress Wu, starts ruling alone.
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Around 980AD the Chinese philosopher Confusious started teaching his rules of life known as Confucianism.
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Chinese engineers perfected the magnetic compass. This allowed travelers to know which direction they were going
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In 1211AD a nomadic tribe called the Mongols invaded china under the rule of Ghengis Khan
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In 1211 the Mongols took over china meaning they had full control over the chinese part of the silk road. This allowed them to prosper.
