Epic World History

Ashikaga Shogunate This shogunate saw the Ashikaga family dominate Japanese society, ruling for much of the period from their headquart...

Japanese Feudalism When most people think of feudalism, medieval Europe from about the ninth to 15th centuries is most likely to come to...

The Fujiwara clan rose to power as a result of the coup d’etat of 645 that overthrew the Soga , which had dominated the Japanese governme...

Gempei War Part of the Taira-Minamoto wars the Gempei War in Japan lasted from 1180 until 1185. It was fought between the Taira clan, ...

Heian building The term Heian is derived from modern-day Kyoto’s previous name of Heian-kyo, a city founded in 794. The literal translat...