Korean History Geography &Nationalism

1. Korean HistoryGeography &Nationalism By. JinaYun Location: Coffee at the point Date: 21th July 2012

2. The Age of Three Kingdome • The first of 4th C ~ middle of 7th C • Goguryeo • Backje • Shilla • Gaya

3. Goguryeo • Placed at North highland region • Cold place • Biggest region of 3 kingdoms • Strong army • Often fought with China

4. Backje • Second biggest region of 3 kingdoms • Placed at West coast • Formed an alliance with Gaya kingdom to defenceGoguryeo army • Sent scholars to Japan(friendly relationship)

5. Silla • 3rd biggest region of 3 kingdoms • Formed a country late • East coast region • Agriculture • Use ironware • Buddhism (to bring a country under the king) • Aristocrat meeting • Often had gotten invasion from Japan • FINALLY United 3 kingdom

6. Korean Drama: queen Seon-deok (Silla)

7. Gaya • Smallest region in 3 kingdoms period • Weakest country • South coast region, productive soil, produce iron • Be divided “Golden crown Gaya”-> “Big Gaya” • Collapsed by Silla

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9. Goryeo period • C 918~1892 • Centralist control • 1st King=Wang-geon • Often had gotten invasion by Mongol, China

10. Korean Drama: Tae-jo Wang-Geon(about Goryeo period)

11. Jo-seon period • 1392~1910 • Seong-gye Lee brought down Goryeo • Often had gotten invasion by Japan • Encourage agriculture • Adopted confucianism • Weak royal authority • Strong aristocrat • Catholic repression

12. Turbulence period of Jo-seonEnd of Jo-Seon INSIDE • Curruption of aristotrat • Uprisings of the farmers OUTSIDE • Crisis of invasion by China, Japan and Western countries (France, America, Russia) Catalyst of a closed-door policy

13. After The Sino-Japanese War Japan planned to invaded Korea in stages • Predatory trade • Carried out vaccination & prohibiting topknots, etc.

15. Catalyst of Japanese colony age • Empress Myeong-Seong was assassinated by Japanese killers

16. The Age of Japanese Colony By 15thAgu 1945, liberated by World War 2 • Aug 1910~15th Aug 1945 • Korea was dominated by Japan for 35years • No Korean name & Language • Plundered resources, people • Many Korean people was killed • Many anti-Japanese movement

17. After Japanese colony period The Soviet union • Joined vs Japan war late. (9th Aug 1945) • Defeated Japanese army in China(only few) • Going to South (North Korea) • Mission=disarming Japanese army& cleaning war (Same with U.S. army) • But they dropped correspondence with South Korea

18. Joined to make N.Korea to be communism with “Ill-Sung Kim” • 9th Sep 1948 established Democratic people’s republic of Korea

19. After Japanese colony period The U.S. army • Marched on S.Korea to disarming Japanese army & cleaning war • Strongly opposed enemy force (Soviet) • Handled to establish S.Korea government under the UN • 15th Aug 1948 established S.Korea government 15th Aug : Gwang-bok-Jeol

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