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| ~85000000BC | Cretaceous | A piece of Hadrosaurus skull (Mifume-cho, Kumamoto pref.) | ||
| ~500000 BC | Oldest(?) stone tool found in Japan | |||
| ~16000 BC |
Oldest(?) Jonon pottery found in Japan (Aomori)
河合町山坊の馬見二ノ谷遺跡 Stone tools (3600 pieces) http://inoues.net/club2/umami_2notani.html
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| ~8000 BC | Jomon Period | Hunter gatherers | 7600 BC Takaginouwadai Iseki, Hanamaki, Iwate--1900 pieces of potteries (no
design) and stone tools, 5 residences
Jomon pottery, cooperative life, 1000 BC rice cultivation (福岡市の雀居（ささい）遺跡や橋本一丁田遺跡、佐賀県唐津市の梅白遺跡) www.asahi.com/edu/nie/syasin/kiji139.html
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| ~300 BC | Yayoi Period | Yama-taikoku, Yoshinogari-iseki | Yayoi pottery, rice cultivation, iron and bronze tools, silk, hemp 100 BC Copper bracelets, 360 「潤地頭給（うるうじとうきゅう）遺跡」福岡県 http://www.city.maebaru.fukuoka.jp/city/bunka/ito-museum/yakushosite/iseki/urujitokyu.htm
大阪府東大阪市宝町の鬼虎川遺跡人面土偶
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Queen Himiko |
| ~300 AD | Tumulunt Period |
Yamato-clan 607 Visits to China 645 Taika no Kaishin (Emperor gains power) |
More than 100 tumulunts larger than 120 m. c. 500 Characters introduced to Japan 552 Budhism introduced to Japan 604 Japanese constitution(17 articles) 607 Horyuji temple (oldest wooden building) Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matter) and Nihon shoki written. 巣山古墳 明日香村島庄（しまのしょう）の島庄遺跡
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Soga-clan Emperor Suiko Shotoku Taishi Onono-imoko Nakano-ooeno-oji (Emperor Tenji) Nakatomino-Kamatari |
| 710 AD | Nara Period | Capital moved to Nara. |
「飛鳥浄御原宮（きよみはらのみや）」（６７２～６９４）
奈良県明日香村のキトラ古墳（７世紀末～８世紀初め） 752 Todaiji temple completed. |
Emperor Shomu Gyoki Ganjin |