From Villages to Kingdoms
07/30/20 • 15 min
The early Yayoi period was largely egalitarian, with village leaders being chosen on their own merits. By the end of the period, a strict hierarchy emerged between commoners and a hereditary elite. In this episode, we'll explore the broad strokes of how this change came about, and explore the archaeology that informs our understanding.
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The early Yayoi period was largely egalitarian, with village leaders being chosen on their own merits. By the end of the period, a strict hierarchy emerged between commoners and a hereditary elite. In this episode, we'll explore the broad strokes of how this change came about, and explore the archaeology that informs our understanding.
My latest novel, "Califia's Crusade," is now available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple Books, Bookshop.org, and many other online platforms!
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The Yayoi Way
Starting around 1000 BCE, the Yayoi people began emigrating to Japan from the Korean Peninsula. They brought something along with them that would change Japan forever: Rice Agriculture. But did they come as conquerors or friends, and how can we tell?
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Bronze, Iron, Metallurgy, and Bells
As bronze and iron implements gradually made their way to Japan from China, they began to transform the culture of the Yayoi people in some very interesting ways. In this episode, we'll explore those changes and the larger effects on the emerging Yayoi polities as well as Japan as a whole.
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A History of Japan - From Villages to Kingdoms
Transcript
The typical story of the Yayoi Period is that it represents a transition between the egalitarian Jomon Period and the much more socially rigid hierarchical Kofun Period. Elite people emerged in various regions, fought one another for control and influence, and eventually one kingdom rose above the others to claim hegemony. I want this season to be more than the usual regurgitated business of Yayoi Period = Hierarchy and really analyze the process by which the egalitarian vill
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