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8000 BCE
First primitive tribes
Came from Mongolia and Manchria and established in the Korean peninsula
- Settlement period
- Nomadic tribes
- Earliest Korean pottery is producd
- Were called "Barbarians" by the Chineese -
Period: 8000 BCE to 2333 BCE
Prehistoric Period
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2333 BCE
Dangun and Goyoseon
Legendary founder of the first Korean state
Chosen by the idea of Choson
From the legendary myth of the tiger and the bear (son) -
Period: 2333 BCE to 108 BCE
Ancient period
Goyoseon Kingdom First Korean state founded by Dangun
This first state fell against the Han dynasty of Han
Their last king was Wiman (causing of the fall)
40 kings aprox. ruled this period -
300 BCE
Raise of Jin State
Established on the South
Start relations with Han China -
195 BCE
Rise of Wiman Joseon
Founded by Wiman (military of Han China)
Last part of the Gojoseon Kingdom (fell on 108 BCE)
Wimam attaked Han China -
108 BCE
Four comanderies of Han
Han dynasty of China destroys Wiman Joseon, and created four comanderies Lelang
Lintun
Zhenfan
Xuantu The use of the horse made the three kingdom period foundings -
Period: 108 BCE to 57 BCE
Proto-Three kingdoms period
Han China Ruled the peninsula
Period after the fall of Goyoseon
Han dynasty diveded the peninsula in two (han commanderies and Samman confederancies)
Adoption of horses -
57 BCE
Silla
Bak Hyeokgeose of Silla (founder of the kingdom on 57 BCE) -
Period: 57 BCE to 668
Three kingdoms period
Silla (founded in 57 BCE)
Goguryeo (founded in 37 BCE)
Baekje (founded in 18 BCE) Influenced by Japan and China like the buthism -
37 BCE
Goguryeo
Founded by the legendary Jumong on 37 BCE
Militarized state -
19 BCE
Baekje
Founded by the son of Jumong , Onjo on 18 BCE
They made a trade route with China and Japan, also includes many of their culture -
42
Founding of Gaya confederacy
Founded by Suro on 42 -
371
Invations
Baekje invades Goguryeo -
392
Gwanggeto
Gwanggeto the Great expand Goguryeo power -
433
Baekje-Silla alliance
Baekje and Silla formed and alliance by the inminent advance of Goguryeo -
475
Goguryeo attaked
Goguryeo attacked Baekje -
553
Silla conquests
Silla attaked Baekje and conquest Gaya -
598
Goguryeo-Sui wars
Sui attaked Goguryeo but on two wars , finally on 614 Siu is defeated -
645
Goguryeo-Tang wars
Tang dynasty attcked Goguryeo -
648
Silla-Tang alliance
Silla and Tang dynasty made and alliance because of the inminent advance of the Goguryo kingdom -
660
Baekje fell
Baekje fell against Silla-Tang forces The king of Silla was Munmu -
668
Goguryeo fell
Goguryeo fell againt Silla-Tang forces.. The king of Silla was Munmu -
668
Unified Korea
Silla-Tang forces unified all Korean Peninsula -
Period: 668 to 676
Silla - Tang war
Silla kingdom fought against Tang dynasty to obtained the control of the Korean peninsula
Silla won -
676
Korean first unificatio
Silla defeated Tang Dynasty
Fell on 892 when Later Baekje reerged -
Period: 676 to 935
Unified Silla period
King Munmu unified Korea for the first time (661-681)
The capital of Silla was a comertial route between Japan and China
Time of a lot prosperity
Lost territory on 892 when the later three kingdom period begins
Surrender against Goryeo -
824
Balhae kingdom
Appears on the north
Emerged form Goguryeo
Was established by refugies of Goguryeo when Dae Joyeong defeated Wu Zhou dynasty
Trade with Japan, Silla, and Tang -
892
Later Baekje
Start by a rebelion against Silla rulers
Hubaekje declared it self as the ruler of ancient Baekje
Fall against Goryeo on 935 -
892
Later Silla
Fall against Goryeo on 936 -
Period: 892 to 936
Later three kingdoms period
Later Baekje (892)
Later Goguryeo (901)
Unified Silla (668) Fall against Goryeo on 936 -
901
Taebong (Later Goguryeo)
Also them rebeled against Silla
Was defeated by Goryeo on 918 -
918
Goryeo Dynasty
Was founded by a military leader of Later Goguryeo (Wang Geon) on 918 On 935 peacfully anexed Silla ans on 936 they conquered baekje Second period of the Korean History in which the peninsula is unified (all peninsula will be unified on 936) The first emperor was Taejo
Invations by the Kithans, Goryeo won on 1019.
Korean peace and prosperity (Golden Korean age)
Their national religion was Buthism
They trade with middle east
They developed movable type to print books 200 years before in Europe -
Period: 918 to
Dynastic period
Goryeo dynasty (founded on 918)
Mongol Yuan Dynasty (established on 1270)
Joseon dynasty (founded on 1392)
Korean empire (founded on 1897) -
993
Goryeo-Khitan war
Thee Khithans destroys Balhae in 926 Emeperor Taejo accepeted refuegees from Balhae
Khithans wanted peace but Goryeo thought they wanted to invade them First invation - 993
Second invation - 1009
Third invation - 1018
Peace treaty - 1022 (victory of Goryeo) -
1170
Goryeo military regime
Known as the Choe clan
Regin from 1196 to 1258 under Ubong Choe house
Finished on 1270 when the Yuan dynasty (mongols) invade the peninsula -
1231
Mongols invations
The result will be that Korea will become a vassal state of Mongol Yuan Dynasty The mongols demanded tributes from Goryeo - 1225
Goryeo kill the mongol`s messenger so Ogedei Khan ordered the invation of Korea comanded by General Saritai - 1231
The mongols were joined by Hook-won a military general of Goryeo
Second campaing of Mongols led by Saritai, but in Battle of Chenoi Mongols was defeated- 1232
Third campaing - 1235
Fourth campaing - 1248
Fifth campaing - 1249
Six campaing and peace - 1254 -
Period: 1270 to 1356
Mongols Yuan Dynasty
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1391
Fall of Goryeo dynasty
Mongols fell
Problems of sucession
Problems of territory (Liadong peninsula) All theese causes will finished the Goryeo dynasty -
1392
Joseon dynasty
Was founded by Yi Seong-gye, in 1392
Was a Chineese colony
Taejo was the first ruler
Creation on the koreann alphabeth
The independence of america, and the Sino-Japaneese wars help to pass the Korean Empire -
Sino-Japaneese war
War againt China and korea against the Japaneese empire to obtain the control of the peninsula Korea won, and China and Japan needed to retreat Korea obtained their independence against China Ends with the treaty of Shimonosheki -
Korean Emipre
Was an empire of prosperity
Ends on 1910 when Japan made korea a protectorate state -
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Military governments
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