The Fujiwara clan gained influence over the imperial throne primarily through what method?

Military conquest of the capital city

Alliances created through marriage

Success in foreign trade and diplomacy

Writing a new set of laws for the country

Why did powerful warrior clans begin to form in the Japanese countryside during the Heian period?

To enforce the emperor's new tax laws

To assist the Fujiwara with court rituals

The central government's focus on court life

An imperial decree that all landowners must form an army

The successful invasion of Japan by outside forces

A period of great economic prosperity for all farmers

They restored the emperor to full political power.

They fought one another for control over Japan.

They united peacefully under the Fujiwara clan.

They disbanded their armies and became farmers.