HIST 1004 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-2: Nihon Shoki, Bejeweled, Theocracy
22 Jan 2018
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A concise history of japan, brett l. walker. Making new burial mounds, shaped like keyholes. Blacksmiths made better iron for weapons and for burial purposes of their masters. Tomb phase settlements: larger wooden structures with barricades. Woman played the role in politics and production. Most of the tombs were the remains of woman and they were heavily emphasized in the society. Sometimes gold and jewelry were placed with their loved ones. Himiko= birth of a new kind of king; became the centerpiece of the yamato state. Yamato state= kind of confederacy, in which the king"s control over vassal generity cemented relations between core and periphery. The keyhole-tomb were the hierarchy and the less elaborate tombs were in the periphery. Tombs provided social stratification, intensification of trade and king control. Wrote a letter to the chinese emperor that he was the wa king. Queen himiko rule with her brother; and other great kings all governed together.
