Genpei War
1180 CE – 1185 CE · 5 years
The great civil war between the Taira and Minamoto samurai clans for control of Japan. The Minamoto victory at the naval Battle of Dan-no-ura established the Kamakura Shogunate — Japan's first military government and the beginning of the samurai era.
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Belligerents
The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.
- Minamoto clan
- Taira clan
Key moments
Defining events in the Genpei War.
- 1183 Battle of Kurikara
- 1184 Battle of Ichi-no-Tani
- 1185 Battle of Dan-no-ura
Elsewhere in East Asia at the time
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Polity · East Asia
Song Empire
960 CE – 1279 CE
Landmark · East Asia
Yakushima
3000 BCE – still standing
Trade route · East Asia
Silk Road
200 BCE – 1450 CEConflict · East Asia
Wars of the Khmer Empire
802 CE – 1431 CE.svg/500px-Korea_(orthographic_projection).svg.png)
Polity · East Asia
Korea
Attested 1000 CE – 1900 CE
Landmark · East Asia
Great Wall of China
700 BCE – still standing
Trade route · East Asia
Maritime Silk Road
200 BCE – 1500 CEConflict · East Asia
Champa–Đại Việt Wars
982 CE – 1471 CEDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 1180 CE and 1185 CE.
And in the rest of the world
Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.
Image credits7 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Genpei WarMotonobu Denkinobu (伝狩野元信) · Public domain
- China - Song Dynasty-enChina - Song Dynasty - cs.svg : User:Mozzan derivative work: Kanguole · CC BY-SA 3.0
- YakushimaNASA · Public domain
- Silk road KazakhstanUser:Kelvin Case User:Turkish Flame User:SmallJarsWithGreenLabels · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Korea (orthographic projection)Gringer · CC0
- Great Wall of ChinaSeverin.stalder · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Maritime Silk RoadObsidian Soul · CC0
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