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== History ==

== History ==

=== Origins ===

=== Origins ===

Early signs of human life appeared in Japan around the year 3000 BC.  The wild Japanese Bison was an early target of wild game, hunted to extinction within 500 years.

Dating of pottery artefacts found in Japan indicates that human were present in the Japanese archipelego since at least c.10000 BC (see Discover Journal, volume 19, number 6).  The wild Japanese Bison was an early target of wild game, hunted to extinction within 500 years.

According to tradition, Japan was unified by [[Emperor]] [[Jimmu]], the grandson of the [[goddess]] [[Amaterasu]], in the year 660 B. C.  He conquered Honshu, the largest island, in a series of expeditions starting from his home base of [[Setsuma]] in Kyushu.

According to tradition, Japan was unified by [[Emperor]] [[Jimmu]], the grandson of the [[goddess]] [[Amaterasu]], in the year 660 B. C.  He conquered Honshu, the largest island, in a series of expeditions starting from his home base of [[Setsuma]] in Kyushu.

=== The Feudal Era ===  

=== The Feudal Era ===