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3. ๏ก Known as the Edo Period
๏ก Ended the conflict of the previous four
centuries.
๏ก Determined to modernise Japan
๏ก New emphasis on:
๏ง Education
๏ง Arts
๏ง Merchants and trade became important
๏ง Towns sprang up
4.
5. ๏ก Roads built
๏ง Helped for towns and businesses to grow
๏ก Houses built
๏ก Canals built to supply clean water
๏ก Edo (know known as Tokyo) became the
capital and largest city in the world in 1721
with 35 million people.
๏ก Trade grew (silk cotton and pottery)
๏ก Encouraged trade with other trading ports.
7. By 1570, over 30 000 Japanese had become
converts
Threatened Japanese society
๏ง Reduced obedience to the feudal system
๏ง Allowed groups to mix
๏ง In 1633 โ Christians persecuted
Complete change from earlier years, shogun
imposed a policy of isolation on Japan to limit
Western influence. (1633 โ 1853)
10. ๏ก 1800s โ things start to change
๏ง Japans old ways could not match technology from
other countries
โช Guns
โช Ships
๏ง Single religion (Shinto)
๏ง Domains returned to emperor control
๏ง Rapid modernisation and industrialisation
๏ง Loss of old ways