LESSON 9.3 What was life like in early Japan?
LEARNING INTENTION By the end of this lesson you should be able to describe ancient and Classical Japan and explain the military background of the sh̄ogunate.
Tune in Thousands of years ago, the sea level around Japan was very different. Nomadic peoples moved across these regions regularly looking for food.
SOURCE1 A map of Japan as it was settled thousands of years ago. Migration routes are debated, and settlers may have also come from the north.
SEA OF
OKHOTSK
CHINA
RUSSIA
NORTH KOREA
SEA OF
JAPAN
PACIFIC
SOUTH KOREA
OCEAN
JAPAN
EAST
CHINA
Key
SEA
Land masses 20 000 years ago
Initial Jomon migration (7000 BCE)
Jomon migration (7000–1000 BCE)
Yayoi migration (500 BCE)
0 100 200km
Kofun migration (0–500 BCE)
Source: Map drawn by Spatial Vision.
1. Explain why you think the people of this period made the decision to settle near the ocean. 2. Brainstorm examples of other shore-dwelling civilisations versus those that chose to live away from water. Compare the differences in the ways that they developed.
TOPIC9 Japan under the sh̄oguns 215
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