Yayoi period

Yayoi period appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Japan (East Asia) from c. 300 BCE to 250 CE, a span of 549 years. Its people spoke Japonic languages (Japanese, Ryukyuan).

Migrants from Korea brought wet-rice farming, bronze and iron to Kyushu and spread east, probably bringing the ancestor of Japanese. Radiocarbon dates suggest rice farming began in Kyushu several centuries before 300 BCE.

See Yayoi period on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

c. 300 BCE to 250 CE

Duration

549 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Japan, East Asia

Language family

Japonic

Came from

• Jomon culture c. 3200 to 300 BCE

Became

• Kofun period c. 250 to 538 CE

Events in East Asia during its time

• 221 BCE Qin unifies China
• 210 BCE First Emperor buried with the Terracotta Army
• 105 Cai Lun presents paper
• 184 Yellow Turban rebellion

Neighbours in East Asia

• Western Han 202 BCE to 9 CE
• Eastern Han 25 to 220 CE
• Qin dynasty 221 to 206 BCE
• Chu c. 1030 to 223 BCE
• Silla 57 BCE to 668 CE
• Goguryeo 37 BCE to 668 CE
• Baekje 18 BCE to 660 CE
• Gojoseon c. 700 to 108 BCE
• Qin (Zhou state) c. 770 to 221 BCE
• Eastern Zhou 770 to 256 BCE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE, Europe
• Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE, Middle East
• Sasanian Empire 224 to 651 CE, Middle East
• Roman Empire 27 BCE to 395 CE, Europe
• Kushan Empire c. 30 to 375 CE, South Asia
• Xiongnu Empire c. 209 BCE to 93 CE, Central and North Asia

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