. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "occupation of Okinawa" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Gusuku Period" . . . . "history of the Ryukyu Islands" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Okinawan" . "history" . . "proto-Okinawan chiefdoms" . . . "Okinawan history" . . . . . . . . "Japanese annexation of the Ryukyus" . . . "Shell midden period" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Ryukyu" . . . . "shell midden period" . . . . "U.S. occupation" . . . . . "Gusuku period" . "(Okinawan)" . . . . . "1879" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "US's return of the Ryukyu Islands to Japanese control" . . . . "History of the Ryukyu Islands" . . . . . . . . . "History of the Ryukyu Islands" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "post-war occupation" . . . . . . . . . . . . "Ryukyu Islands" . . . "Ryukyu history" . .