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Some samurai were landowner’s relatives, and others just hired swords. The code of samurai emphasized loyalty to one's master. History shows that most loyal samurai were usually family members of financial dependents of their lords.
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The Minamoto and Taira samurai clans fought in the Heiji rebellion. The Taira clan won and the Minamoto were banished from Kyoto.
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The Genpei War was a series of conflict between the Minamoto and Taira clans during the late Heian period. The consequence was the fall of the Taira clan. The Kamakura Shogunate was established after this war.
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The famine killed thousands of people during the Heian period in 1181.
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The Mongols were led by Kublai Khan and japan was the only country in the east that wasn’t Mongol ruled. Nearly 900 vessels holding more than 40,000 soldiers were sent. A severe storm hit japan that killed over 13,000 Mongol Troops and the remaining soldiers retreated back to Korea. It was an unsuccessful invasion.
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It was stable during the rule of the third shogun.
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The countries they hated the most were the Portuguese and Spanish.
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The Meiji restoration was a social and political revolution in 1866-1869, Japan. It ended the power of Tokugawa Shogun and returned the emperor to the main position in Japan culture and politics.
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Emperor Kammu moved the capital to Heian-kyo. today almost all the houses, streets, temples, stores and shrines have not been moved and are in the place.
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