Prehistory and antiquity
Japan was first unified in the sixth century by the Yamato people and soon undertook the conquest of the Korean peninsula at the turn of the century. In the following centuries the competition for office in the government gradually weakened Japanese rule over Korea until the sixth century.
In 552, Buddhism was introduced into the country brought in from Korea and serving as a political weapon against the growing power of priests, the traditional religion, Shinto became weakened, but it did not disappear
Feudal era
Later the capital was again transferred to Heian-kio, modern Kyoto, and there would be a break between Emperor Kammu and Buddhist monks. From there the Japanese writing and a new literature were established.
It was in this period of peace that the samurai class emerged as court guards.
However disputes between Taira warrior clans in Kiyomori and Minamoto in Yoritomo led to a new civil war that only ended in 1185 with the rise of Minamoto. This would establish the government of the shogunate in Kamakura. While following the laws of the Heian imperial government, the Kamakura government was exercised by a network of samurai throughout the country who pledged to keep the peace.
It was modern
It is from the nineteenth century that Japan knows its greatest development, in the Meiji chada era, which lasted from 1868 to 1912. The Meiji era represented one of the most remarkable periods in Japanese history. Emperor Meiji, who died in 1912 , led Japan to one of the great powers of the world.
The government proceeded to modernize the country on a political, social, economic and cultural level.
