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From my reading, Japan was the only sinicized state that was never occupied by China and Chinese culture arrived by diffusion from the korean kingdom of Baekje. Baekje was known as the phoenicia of east asia and was the only east asian state that thrived through trade and had great nautical skill. It was through this kingdom that Japan adopted chinese culture and tech. But what if this kingdom didn't exist and instead Korea was controlled by land-based states like its competitors Silla and Goguryeo? Without the diffusion of culture through baekje, how would route would japan take?

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