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The first capital of Japan was established in Nara
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The Heian period was started
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Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes the first shogun of Japan
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The beginning of a period in which states within Japan were at war
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The Japanese first came into contact with the Europeans and they began trade
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period when provinces became under control of the central government
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The Tokugawa shogunate was established
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The sakoku locked the country of japan
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Fleets from the US navy arrived in Japan
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imperial rule was added back to japan