Japanese Civilization

By the A.D. 700s Japanese culture and civilization had reached a height. Their beautiful capital city of Nara reveled that of China’s capital city. The people of Japan enjoyed one of the highest standards of living anywhere in the world.

In A.D. 794 the leaders in Japan setup a new capital city. They named their new capital Heian Kyo, which would later be shortened to Kyoto. This capital city would remain as the capital of the Japanese Empire for over 1,000 years.