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Heian-Kyoto (Kyoto) became capital
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Famine killed hundreds of thousands
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Minamoto Yorimoto appointed Shogun, led government which became known as Shognuate.
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Mongolia tempted to invaid Japan twice but failed both times.
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Tokugawa Leyasu named shogun established Edo ( Tokyo ) Shogunate. Tokugawa shogunate divided population into classes, based on importance: lords, Samaritan, farmers, artisitans, merchants.
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Leyasu abdicated from office in favour of son and heir Tokugawa Heidata.
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Christianity was banned
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In Sakoku Edict of 1635, Japanese were restricted from traveling abroad, Europeans were not allowed entry into the country, penalties for practicing Catholicism were instituted and foreign trade was restricted
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Shipbuilding was forbidden
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The only foreigners allowed into Japan were the Chinese and Dutch.
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Neo-Confucianism became official philosophy.
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China and Japan accounted for approximately half of the worlds GDP.
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Japan and U.S. signed Treaty of Peace and Amity, two ports were opened for trade
