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2333 BCE
Myth of the Beginning of Korea
Legend has it that the man-god Dan-gun founded (Go)Joseon "Land of the morning calm" -
Period: 2333 BCE to 300 BCE
Gojoseon (Old Joseon)
History or a legend? -
Period: 300 BCE to 57 BCE
Proto-Three Kingdoms
Many tribes fighting for power in the Korean peninsula to Eastern China. -
Period: 57 BCE to Jan 1, 668
Three Kingdoms Period
Goguryeo (north) 36 BCE Jumong
Baekji (South) 57 BCE Bak Hyeokgeose
Silla (South) 18 BCE Onjo -
Period: Jan 1, 668 to Jan 1, 935
Silla Kingdom
Still largely a tribal kingdom with a hierarchical society (Hwabaek-former tribal leader made into nobles who decided the throne), nobles and scholars learned Confucius teachings, mostly serfs. Warlords began to break off and from their own states -
Period: Jan 1, 918 to Jan 1, 1392
Goryeo
Wang gon deafening Silla kingdom
1231 Mongols conquered most but couldn't get all
The rulers became puppet rulers with the Mongols in control
Neo-Confucionism came in the 13th cen -
Period: Jan 1, 1392 to
Joseon Dynasty
General Yi Seong-gye fought the Goryeo and defeated them.
They moved the capital to Hanseong ( now Seoul)
Under Yi rulers they made Confucianism the official religion
Yang-ban=scholars(only sons of nobles/Yangban could take the civil service test that is taken to become a Yang-ban) -
Dec 18, 1444
Korean alphabet invented by King Sejong
King Sejong (r.1418-1450), the fourth king of the Joseon Dynasty invented what was origionally called, Hunmin jeongeum, or "The correct sounds for the instruction of the people." He made one so that the common people could be able to write and read. -
Period: to
Colonial period of Japanese Rule
Tried to assimilate the Koreans and enforced their rule on them. -
March 1st (Samil Independence) movement
The movement for Korean Nation agaisnt Japanese rule originally started with 33 Korean cultural and religious leaders who organized a big demonstation and drew up the Korean "Proclamation of Independence" and spread throughout the country. The Japanese stopped the movement aftre 12 monthes of protests, but the Samil movement srengthen the unity of Korean people, made what was happening known in the world, and started the Korean Proviional Government in SHanghai. It is now a national holiday. -
Division of Korea
Korea was divided into two nations by the 38th parallel one communist, one Democratic -
Japanese surrender of the war and Korea
WWII-Japanese surrendered to the allies and finally leaves Korea. -
Invasion of the North
North Korea invaded with assistance of China however the Allied forced helped push them back again -
Period: to
Modern
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Japanese Invasion
Forced to withdraw by General Yi Sun-sin
