Okinawa history.?

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I need a little help with some Okinawa history. I know that around 605 A.D. that the Chinese Emperor Yo (Sui Dynasty) sent Shu-Kan to Okinawa to demand tribute and submission. Some say that the Chinese invited 7 years later and took over. Is this true or what happend? Also was Okinawa called okinawa back then or was it just called the Ryūkyū Islands? And after that 7 years later who took over next. Thank you very much.... I need this for a report.. :)

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Thank you everyone very much. This is for a Marine Corps Class that I have to give my Marine next week. This help is great. Thank everyone very much!!

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I agree with Orion, however, I have nothing better to do...

DANG.. AFTER WRITING ALL OF THIS I DON'T THINK I HAVE THE ANSWER YOU'RE LOOKING FOR... SORRY... I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING BEFORE THE 13th CENTURY. Got everything after that though.

---Okinawa's early history is shadowed by incomplete and sometimes contradictory evidence. Records indicate a series of kings struggling to maintain control over fighting warloards.
---The Okinawa of old may have resembled medievel Europe. In the 13th Century, the lord of Urasoe, Shunten, rose above the war-handed chieftains and established a kingdom... first in a series of historical dynasties.
---With the dawn of the 15th Century, a warrior and organizer, Sho Hashi, became king of Chuzan and eventually gained control over the entire island, unifying the three kingdoms. The entire country, thereafter, bore the name of Chuzan. Sho Hashi also moved the government from Urasoe to Shuri developing Shuri palace. (Which I have visited... if you would like more info or a picture email me at [e-mail]).
---In 1609, the Shimazu clan from Satsuma, in southern Japan, invaded Okinawa. For the next 270 years, Satsuma demanded taxes from the Okinawans and assumed status as a Satsuma colony. During this period, Commodore Perry was reluctantly admitted to Shuri's royal palace. (1853)
---England, Russia, France, and the United States tried to enter treaty relations with Okinawa in the 19th Century. Apprehensive of Western interest, Japan tightened its grip by sending a military detachment in 1868. Weary of Okinawan ovjections to its military forces, Japan abolished the royal government in 1879 and annexed Okinawa as a prefecture.
---Situated on the main Japan approach, the Ryukyu Islands stood in a strategic location during WWII. By June 1944, the Japanses Army arrived in force. US forces started bombing Okinawa in October 1944. In March 1945, the first American troops landed on the Kerama Islands... the important springboard for the April 1, 1945 invasion of Okinawa.
---The battle of Okinawa proved to be one of the World War II's longest and hardest fought campaigns. Total American casualties were 49,151, including 12,500 killed or missing in action.
---Japanese Imperial Army losses totaled over 75,000. Nearly one-third of Okinawa's civilian population - 100,000 people - all perished. The battle ended June 22, 1945, and Japan surrendered in September 1945.
---In 1946, relief funds appropriated by the U.S. Congress initiated Okinawa's economic recovery. Okinawa established its first general hospital, civilian newspaper, bank and courts. By 1950, foreign trade resumed and a civil government was established throughout the Ryukyus as Okinawa began the long post-war rejuvenation.
---A 1951 Japanese and American peace treaty authorized U.S. administrative control of the Ryukyus. The U.S. recognized Japan's basic responsivility for the island under "residual sovereignty" and agreed to return the territory to Japan when international circumstances warranted.
---On Nov. 17, 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson agreed to return the Bonin Islands. On May 15, 1972, the U.S. government transferred administrative authority of the Ryukyu Islands to Japan.
---The islands resumed the status they held prior to 1945... the 47th prefecture of Japan.

HISTORY OF SHURIJO CASTLE...

*Sanzan Period
---1371 - King Satto of Chuzan dispatches the first envoys to Ming China
---1406 - Sho Shisho, father of Sho Hashi, becomes King of Chuzan
---1429 - Sho Hashi unifies Sanzan (the Three Principalities) the Ryukyu Kingdom is established.

*End of Second Sho Dynasty...
---1872 - Establishment of the Ryukyu Clan
---1879 - Surrender of Shurijo Castle to Japanese forces, making an end to the Ryukyu Kingdom

*U.S. Occupation
---1945 - Shurijo Castle devastated in the Battle of Okinawa

*Okinawa Prefecture
---1972 - Reversion of Okinawa to Japan
---1992 - Parial opening of Shurijo Castle Park
---2000 - 2000 Kyushu-Okinawa g8 Summit-social banquet is held in the Hokuden Shurijo Castle, Sonohyan-utaki stone gate and Tamaudum are registered as UNESCO world heritage sites

DUDE.. you'd better get an A! LOL.

Source(s):

"Assignment Kadena" a magazine printed by a commercial publisher, Ikemiya Shokai, of Naha, Okinawa, Japan.

"Okinawa Shurijo Castle Park" -pamphlet

I live in Okinawa, Japan

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Thank you very much!! Very helpful!!

Answer 2

Look it up. You want an entire college course of information, I don't think that's fair. 300 dollars and I'll begin where ever you want.

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Japanese heredity.

Answer 3

Due to time and space constraints I cannot answer your entire question but would be glad to provide some general info.
Okinawa was indeed orignally called the Ryukyu kingdom. It enjoyed a close relationship with China, who sent emissaries and traders. The Ryukyu kingdom paid tribute to China, and also traded with Korea.
Okinawa was invaded by the Satsuma (Japanese). The Satsuma then began trying to assimilate the Okinawans into their culture, for example barring the traditional hand tattooing practiced by Okinawan women. They also banned the use of weapons by Okinawans, which became a driving factor in the adoption/creation of karate.
You may find this resource helpful but there is generally not a lot of information about Okinawan history available.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okinawa