Middle School Social Studies: History Looking Toward the Future [Kyôiku Shuppan] Chapter 1  Searching for history in familiar things Chapter 2  Prehistoric and Ancient Japan and the World The appearance of humans and ancient civilizations The establishment of ancient states The development of ancient states Chapter 3  Japan in the Middle Ages and the World The beginning of warrior government Warrior government in crisis Historical chronology Chapter 4  Japan in the Early Modern Era and the World Global developments and national unification The establishment of the Edo shogunate and national seclusion The development of industry and political unrest Chapter 5  Modern Japan and the World The formation of modern Europe and Asian resistance The Meiji Restoration The beginning of constitutional government and the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese Wars Chapter 6  The Two World Wars and Japan The First World War The Second World War and Japan Chapter 7  Contemporary Japan and the World Japan and the world after the Second World War The international community and Japan After you finish this study of history Adobe Acrobat Reader is free software that lets you view and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. To access PDF files you need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer, you can download it below.