KOREA—Timeline of Historical Periods
ca. 4000 BCE
Kulp'o Culture
ca. 3000 BCE
Chulmun Culture
ca. 2000 BCE
Ch'aemon Culture
ca. 300 BCE
Old Choson
ca. 100 BCE - 313 CE
100 Chinese Han Colonies
ca. 108 BCE-313 CE North: Chinese Commanderies
ca. 100 BCE-ca. 280 CE South: Samhan Federation
ca. 50 BCE - 668 CE
Three Kingdoms
57 BCE-668 CE Silla
37 BCE-668 CE Kogoryu
18 BCE-663 CE Paekche
47 CE - 562
Kaya
668-936
United Silla
890-936
Later Three Kingdoms
1231-1336
Mongol Domination
918-1392
Koryo Dynasty
1392-1897
Choson Dynasty
1418-1450 Reign of King Sejong
1592-1598 Imjin Wars (Hideyoshi Invasions)
1724-1800 Reigns of Yongjo and Chongjo
1600-1850s Two centuries of peace
1850s-1910
Foreign skirmishes threaten Korea
1910-1945
Japanese colonial rule
1945-1948
Northern Korea under Soviet Occupation;
Southern Korea under American Occupation
1948-present
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)
1950-1953
Korean War
1953-present*
Korea divided on the 38th Parallel
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the north (North Korea)
Republic of Korea (ROK) in the south (South Korea)
Consultant: Charles K. Armstrong, The Korea Foundation Associate Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences
*2020
*2020
