Early Korean history

period of Korean history (1st century BCE – 7th century CE), where three kingdoms (Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla) coexisted on the Korean peninsula

Okjeo () was an ancient Korean tribal state which arose in the northern Korean peninsula from perhaps the 2nd century BCE to the 5th century CE.

Korean state during the Iron Age

former state

confederation of protostates in southeastern Korean peninsula

former country

Samhan, or Three Hans (), is the collective name of the three confederacies: Byeonhan, Jinhan, and Mahan that emerged in the first century BCE during the Proto–Three Kingdoms of Korea, or Samhan, period. Located in the central and southern regions of the Korean Peninsula, the Samhan confederacies eventually merged and developed into the Paekche, Silla kingdoms and Kaya confederacy. The name "Samhan" also refers to the Three Kingdoms of Korea.

former country on Korean peninsula

Jizi, Qizi, or Kizi (), called in Korean Kija (), was a semi-legendary Chinese sage who is said to have ruled Kija Chosŏn in the 11th century BCE. Early Chinese documents like the Book of Documents and the Bamboo Annals described him as a virtuous relative of the last king of the Shang dynasty who was punished for remonstrating with the king. After Shang was overthrown by Zhou in the 1040s BCE, he allegedly gave political advice to King Wu, the first Zhou king. Chinese texts from the Han dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE) onwards claimed that King Wu enfeoffed Jizi as ruler of Chaoxian (, pronounced "

king of Korea

archaeological period in Korea (ca. 8000–1500 BCE), named after the decorated pottery vessels that form a large part of the pottery assemblage consistently over the above period

Chinese commanderies set up to control the populace in the former Gojoseon area

Yemaek (濊貊) were a people of Koreans who resided in ancient Manchuria. Whether they were: homogenous; heterogenous of Ye 濊 and Maek 貊; or whether Yemaek were a branch of Maek remains debated. However, the most accepted model is that they were ethnolinguistically identical but remained socially and politically disparate identities. The first Yemaek state to appear were 朝鮮 Old Chosŏn that fell in 108 BC. They were renamed Old Chosŏn after Joseon were later founded in 1392 AD: ostensibly as a successor state to Old Chosŏn. Yemaek together with Han 韓 acted as the foundations for the formation of t

King of Wiman Joseon

archaeological site in South Korea

15th-century Korean history book

commandery of China

historical museum in Cheongju, South Korea