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I don't know if I would call the Heian period "ancient".
by rpazyaquian 10y ago
I don't know if I would call the Heian period "ancient".
- GolDDranks 10y agoThe article isn't about the Heian period (794–1185) but Nara period (710–794). (Or at least it is implied.) The Nara period was the first historical period in the history of Japan. (Historical defined as: written history surviving from that period exists) In that sense, it makes sense to me to call it "ancient".
- Steko 10y agoWe had some of same discussion at /r/history when this article came out in October: https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/56goti/new_findings_suggest_that_ancient_japan_was_more/d8j9pey/ https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/56goti/new_finding...