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 LAND OF THE RISING SUN

  • How Japan's Geography influenced its early development as a nation

  • The effect of the Shinto religion on the politics of Japan

  • The influence of Chinese culture on early Japanese culture.
A DEVELOPING NATIONAL CULTURE


  • The social and political events that led to the development of a unique culture in Japan

  • The literature and writers of the Kyoto Court

  • The impact of an isolated Court on life in the provinces.

THE POWER OF THE SHOGUNS


  • The factors that caused the rise of the Samurai and the effect of the Samurai on Japanese Government

  • The influence of Buddhism on Japanese culture and how it changed as Japanese society changed

  • The cultrual achievements of Medieval Japan

JAPAN - UNIFIED YET ISOLATED
  • The methods Japanese Shoguns used to unite Japan

  • The conditions that led to the rise of the merchant class in Japan

  • The popular art forms that emerged in early modern Japan
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