Kyushu

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Kyushu: References & Edit History

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Japan
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Japanese language dialects
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Jōmon culture
- In Japanese art: Jōmon period
- In Japan: Jōmon culture (c. 10,500 to c. 300 bce)
legend of Ninigi
- In Ninigi
Mongol invasions
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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Map added.	Michael Ray	Aug 08, 2024
	Add new Web site: Official Tourism Site of Kyushu, Japan.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 12, 2023
	Media added.	Michael Ray	Sep 10, 2019
	Media added.	Kenneth Pletcher	May 17, 2013
	Article revised and updated.	Kenneth Pletcher	May 17, 2013
	Add new Web site: Fact Monster - World - Kyushu, Japan.	Yamini Chauhan	Nov 08, 2010
	Add new Web site: Lonely Planet - Kyushu, Japan.	Gloria Lotha	Jul 29, 2010
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998