Early Japan

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Japan is a chain of islands known as an

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archipelago

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The first emperor of Japan was

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Jimmu

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Early Japanese people believed in animism, which is the idea that...

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everything has its own spirit

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Animism led to a religion called Shinto, which means

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"way of the gods"

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A clan is a group of...

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family members

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Ancestors of the Japanese who brought farming, lived in clans, and were lead by a warrior chief

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Yayoi

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A clan that ruled Japan in the 500s and believed they descended from the sun goddess

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Yamato

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This is a plan of government, or basic laws that define the role of government

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constitution

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A Yamato prince who created a constitution and admired the Chinese culture

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Shotoku

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Warriors that fought on horseback with swords and bows and lived by a strict code of conduct

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samurai