Get up to 60% OFF your Babbel subscription here: http://bit.ly/41JqAlc and start speaking a new language in 3 weeks 🎉 ----------------------------------------------- Written by Thomas Lockley. Check out his fantastic book on Yasuke: https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Geoffrey-Girard/dp/1335044981/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=yasuke&qid=1615050333&sr=8-1 Edited and Image Curation by Manuel Rubio - check out his amazing channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd9b0dsRPAXOvQs-IGeBW2w Narrated and Script Edited by David Kelly Thumbnail Image by Ettore Mazza https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazza Images by Alex Stoica, Bilal Erlangga. Kofun imagery made based on [https://mapps.gsi.go.jp/maplibSearch.do#1 National Land Image Information (Color Aerial Photographs)], Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism References: Christensen, J.A (1981.) Nichiren. Leader of Buddhist Reformation in Japan. Fremont, CA: Jain Publishing Company. Farris, W. W. (2009.) Japan to 1600. A Social and Economic History. Honolulu: Hawai’i University Press. Harding, C. (2020.) The Japanese. A History in Twenty Lives. London: Allen Lane. Kumar, A. (2009.) Globalizing the Prehistory of Japan. New York: Routledge. Matsumoto, H. (2009.) The origin of the Japanese race based on genetic markers of immunoglobulin G. Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3524296/ Needham, J. and Ronan, C. A. (1995.) The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 5. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Kirkland, R. (1997.) The Sun and the Throne. The Origins of the Royal Descent Myth in Ancient Japan, Numen, 44, (2), 109-152. Sei Shonagon (tr. Arthur Waley.) 2011. The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon. Tuttle: Tokyo. Soka Gakkai. The Nichiren Library. Available from: https://www.nichirenlibrary.org/ World History Encyclopedia. Daily Life in Ancient China. Available from: https://www.worldhistory.org/article/890/daily-life-in-ancient-china/ Wang, Z. (2005.) Ambassadors from the Islands of the Immortals. Honolulu: Hawai’i University Press. 00:00 Introduction 04:52 Beginnings 11:07 The Shaman Queen 297 AD 16:15 The Rise of Buddhism 552 AD 21:50 The Fall of Korea 663 AD 27:39 Choosing A Capital 736 AD 37:45 Rise of the Emishi 774 AD 46:48 Embassies to China 717 AD 52:43 The Heian Court 1000 AD 56:59 Shogun 1184 1:02:12 Horsemen of the Apocalypse 1274 #ancientjapan