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The Chinese learn how to make bronze
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The military established almost complete control over the government.
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Oda Nobunaga achieved control over the province of Owari in 1559. He succeeded in capturing the capital in 1568.
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Cast Iron is invented
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Ashikaga Takauji, once fighting for the emperor, now challenged the imperial court and succeeded in capturing Kyoto in 1336.
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Joseon encouraged the entrenchment of Chinese Confucian ideals.
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Kublai Khan establishes the Yuan Dynasty.
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Minamoto Yoritomo established a new military government, the Kamakura Bakufu, in Kamakura.
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Philosopher Confucious is born
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Moveable type for printing is invented
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Goryeo peacefully annexed Later Silla in 935 and militarily conquered Later Baekje in 936.
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Wood block printing is first used in China
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Inhabitants of the Japanese islands were gatherers, fishers and hunters.
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The first permanent Japanese capital was established in Nara
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Parhae’s government administration was modeled after the Tang bureaucracy, and the two states were close allies.
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Grand Canal is completed.
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Great wall of China is built
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Gaozu, establishes the Chinese Civil Service to help run the government.
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Silla, along with Baekje and Goguryeo, formed the Three Kingdoms of Korea.
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Goguryeo controlled most of the Korean peninsula.
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Controlled most of the western Korean peninsula.
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Zheng He begins his first journey to India and Africa.
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In the battle of Sekigahara in 1600, Ieyasu defeated the Hideyori loyalists and other Western rivals.
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The Japanese were forced to sign unequal treaties with Western powers.
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The Qing Dynasty comes to an end with the Xinhai Revolution
