-
The most powerful clans fought for control over heian and the clan of Minamoto wins. There leader than strips the emporer of all government powers. -
Yorimoto, leader of the Minamoto decides to lead the Komakura Shogunate. -
Kublai Khan leads the mongols to battle so they can try to overtake japan. Even though the mongols overpower the japanese a huge typhoon comes through and destroys much of the mongol fleet. -
The Mongols try again and yet another storm wipes them out. The japanese decide to call these storms the divine winds (Kamekaze) -
Unhappy samurai who were not rewarded in their efforts against the Mongols overthrew the Komakura and formed the Ashikaga Shogunate. -
Ashikaga gave power to the daimyo and slowly as more shoguns came to power fight broke out and the civil war began. -
Nobunaga won the war and took control, shortly after his generals rebelled and he committed Seppuku (suicide). -
After Nobunaga dies Hideyoshi took control for a while, then he is killed in a failed invasion on korea. After him Tokugawa takes control and unifies all of japan.