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The Republic of Guatemala (Spanish: República de Guatemala), is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the northwest, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize and the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast. Large portions of Guatemala's interior remain wholly undeveloped, including the nation's many rainforests and wetlands. Guatemala's abundance of biologically significant and unique ecosystems contribute to Mesoamerica's designation as an important biodiversity hotspot.

The Muromachi period is an era of Japanese history from approximately 1336 to 1573. The period marks the governance of the Muromachi shogunate, known also as the Ashikaga shogunate, which was officially established in 1336 by the first Muromachi shogun Ashikaga Takauji. It received its name from the Muromachi district of Kyoto, where Ashikaga established his administrative headquarters (bakufu). The period ended in 1573 when the fifteenth and last shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiaki was driven out of the capital in Kyoto by Oda Nobunaga.