How Japan Developed Feudalism

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• Early Japan was organized into clans

• The Yamato clan gained control over the largest island around 500 AD

• They established themselves as the royal family

• During the Heian Period (700s -1100s), the imperial court is sophisticated and elegant

• Elaborate rules of etiquette governed court society

• The Heian Period resulted in the age of the samurai

• In the 1100s, the central authority of the empire declined

• Local warlords begin to fight with one another

• This promotes a feudal system necessary for order and defense of lands

• Distinct social classes are created