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| 165227447 | Feudalism | Just like the feudal system in Europe: Shogun-hereditary divine emperor (hereditary king crowned by pope,) samurai (knights,) daimyo (lords and barons,) buisido (chivalry-code of conduct). | 0 | |
| 165227448 | 2. Prince Shotoku | Ruled during the Yamato Period. Sent people to China to bring back their culture to organize Japan; wrote 17 article constitution. | 1 | |
| 165227449 | 3. Agriculture | A mainly agricultural society, but the production of food on the small, wet island of Japan was hard so food=power. | 2 | |
| 165227450 | 4. Kanji characters | Japan took the idea from China and made it their own; allowed them to become civilized and record their history. | 3 | |
| 165227451 | 5. Confucianism and Buddhism | Also taken from China, these beliefs become part of Japanese government, code of conduct, and daily life; Buddhism combines with Japan's ancestor worship to form Shinto. | 4 | |
| 165227452 | 6. The Tale of Genji | First novel written in Japanese, some say the first novel written ever; author was a woman, Murasaki Shikibu, who invented a new kind of Japanese script to write with called kana. | 5 | |
| 165227453 | 7. Code of the Bushido | Code of conduct even more strict than those in Europe written during the Kamakura Shogunate period. | 6 | |
| 165227454 | 8. Influence of Korea | Many Koreans moved to Japan after their relations broke down around 500; the sudden flow of immigrants caused a lot of confusion in Japan, but they brought with them pieces of their culture, such as ancestor worship and other ideas that Korea got from China. | 7 | |
| 165227455 | 9. Poetry | Comes as a result of literacy and other civilized traits gained by adapting Chinese concepts; poetry flourishes as a common form of expression and develops Japan's unique style. | 8 | |
| 165227456 | 10. Nara | The first capitol city of Japan; marked the beginning of Japan's classical period and showed the beginnings of a Japanese pattern of administrations and institutions. | 9 |
