Identifier: grandestcenturyi00nort (find matches)
Title: Grandest century in the world's history; containing a full and graphic account of the marvelous achievements of one hundred years, including great battles and conquests; the rise and fall of nations; wonderful growth and progress of the United States ... etc., etc
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
Subjects: Nineteenth century
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ASIA AND AFRICA IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 245 from the old sacred city of Kioto to thegreat city of Yedo, the name of whichwas changed to Tokio (western capital).The government granted to the deposeddaimios one-tenth of their former in-comes on condition of residing perma-nently at Tokio. In December, 1871,an embassy was sent to the nations ofEurope and America. Each was visitedin succession, and new treaties of com-merce and friendship were negotiated. lu 1876 the empire took part in theInternational Centennial Exhibition,held at Philadelphia, in the limitedStates, and gave unmistakable evidencein its superb display of its success inthe new career upon which it has en-tered. The completion of the translation ofthe Bible into Japanese was celebratedFebruary 3, 1888. On February 11, 1889, a new constitution for the empirewas promulgated by the Mikado atTokio. Houses of lords and commonswere established, and religious libertyand general freedom were granted to allpersons, one of the ma

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