The earliest known Neolithic inhabitants of Japan are known as the
a. Jomon.
b. Yayoi.
c. Yamato.
d. Ainu.
e. Inuit.
Question 2
The Japanese creation myth
a. was identical to that of the ancient Sumerians.
b. stated that Kusaka and his daughter Krishnu had created the earth in two days and established Japan two months later.
c. involved the marriage of the god Izanagi and the goddess Izanami.
d. was discarded during the Heian period.
e. involved a great flood, similar to the stories of Gilgamesh and Noah.
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