Contributor CrashCourse

Update
04-03-2015
Content Type
Tutorial
Grade Level
Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade
Object Type
Video
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This video teaches students about what westerners call the middle ages and the lives of the aristocracy…in Japan. The Heian period in Japan lasted from 794CE to 1185CE, and it was an interesting time in Japan. Rather than being known for a thriving economy, or particularly interesting politics, the most important things to come out of the Heian period were largely cultural. There was a flourishing of art and literature in the period, and a lot of that culture was created by women.