The birth of the Yamato State, 14,500 BCE-710 CE
The Courtly Age, 710-1185
The rise of Samurai rule, 1185-1336
Medieval Japan and the warring states period, 1336-1573
Japan's encounter with Europe, 1543-1640
Unifying the realm, 1560-1603
Early modern Japan, 1600-1800
The rise of imperial nationalism, 1770-1854
Meiji enlightenment, 1868-1912
Meiji's discontents, 1868-1920
The birth of Japan's imperial state, 1800-1910
Empire and imperial democracy, 1905-1931
The Pacific War, 1931-1945
Japan's post-war history, 1945-present
Natural disasters and the edge of history.
