Ancient Japan is a term used for the early periods of Japanese history. Depending on the historian, it includes or excludes the Japanese Paleolithic (Stone Age, 100,000 BC – 10,000 BC), as well as the Jōmon (10,000 BC – 300 BC) and Yayoi (900 BC – AD 300) periods, which are named after the place near Tokyo where the first sherds of pottery from this time period were found, and the Kofun (c AD 250–538) period, named after the giant tumulus royal tombs of the period. The Japanese Paleolithic ) covers a period from around 100,000 [citation needed] to 30,000 BCE, when the earliest stone tool implements have been found, to around 12,000 BCE, at the end of the last Ice-age, which corresponds to the beginning of the Mesolithic Jomon Period. ... Stone Age fishing hook. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Characters for Jōmon (Cord marks). The Jomon period ) is the time in Japanese pre-history from about 10,000 BC to 300 BC. Most scholars agree that by around 40,000 BC glaciation had connected the Japanese islands with the Asian mainland. ... Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 350s BC 340s BC 330s BC 320s BC 310s BC - 300s BC - 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC Years: 305 BC 304 BC 303 BC 302 BC 301 BC - 300 BC - 299 BC 298 BC... This article is about a Japanese historical era. ... Franks penetrate into northern Belgium (approximate date). ... The following text needs to be harmonized with text in the article History of Japan#Yamato period. ... A tumulus (plural tumuli, from the Latin word for mound or small hill, from the root to bulge, swell also found in ) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. ...

Around 10,000 B.C., the inhabitants of Japan developed the Jōmon culture. Jōmon means "cord marked" in the Japanese language, named after their pottery pattern. Jōmon pottery may be the first of its kind in the world. The Jōmon were engaged in hunting, gathering, and fishing and they lived in small groups of tribes. Their culture spread slowly throughout the Japanese islands and later in this period, crop cultivation was practiced. The Jōmon era lasted until roughly 250 BC, when it was displaced by the Yayoi culture that originated in Kyūshū. Japanese  ) is a language spoken by over 130 million people, in Japan and Japanese emigrant communities around the world. ... Characters for Jōmon (Cord marks). The Jomon period ) is the time in Japanese pre-history from about 10,000 BC to 300 BC. Most scholars agree that by around 40,000 BC glaciation had connected the Japanese islands with the Asian mainland. ... Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC - 250s BC - 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC Years: 255 BC 254 BC 253 BC 252 BC 251 BC - 250 BC - 249 BC 248 BC... This article is about a Japanese historical era. ... KyÅ«shÅ« region of Japan and the current prefectures on KyÅ«shÅ« island KyÅ«shÅ« ), literally Nine Provinces, is the third largest island of Japan and most southerly and westerly of the four main islands. ...

These periods are followed by what is also called Classical Japan, the Asuka, Nara, and Heian periods, when Buddhism and Chinese culture were introduced. The following text needs to be harmonized with text in the article History of Japan#Yamato period. ... The Nara period ) of the history of Japan covers the years from about AD 710 to 784. ... The following text needs to be harmonized with text in the article History of Japan#Heian Period. ... A silhouette of Buddha at Ayutthaya, Thailand. ... Chinese culture has roots going back over five thousand years. ...

Reference

• Habu, Junko (2004). Ancient Jōmon of Japan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Imamura, Keiji (1996). Prehistoric Japan. Honolulu: U of Hawaii Press.