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2. Year 8 History
Mr. Modra

3.  Known as the Edo Period
 Ended the conflict of the previous four
centuries.
 Determined to modernise Japan
 New emphasis on:
 Education
 Arts
 Merchants and trade became important
 Towns sprang up

5.  Roads built
 Helped for towns and businesses to grow
 Houses built
 Canals built to supply clean water
 Edo (know known as Tokyo) became the
capital and largest city in the world in 1721
with 35 million people.
 Trade grew (silk cotton and pottery)
 Encouraged trade with other trading ports.

6.  Exported:
 Silver
 Copper
 Diamonds
 Swords
 Artefacts
 Imported
 Sugar
 Deerskin

7. By 1570, over 30 000 Japanese had become
converts
Threatened Japanese society
 Reduced obedience to the feudal system
 Allowed groups to mix
 In 1633 – Christians persecuted
Complete change from earlier years, shogun
imposed a policy of isolation on Japan to limit
Western influence. (1633 – 1853)

8.  Gardens
 Bonsai
 Origami

10.  1800s – things start to change
 Japans old ways could not match technology from
other countries
▪ Guns
▪ Ships
 Single religion (Shinto)
 Domains returned to emperor control
 Rapid modernisation and industrialisation
 Loss of old ways