A TIMELINE OF KOREAN HISTORY


Date Culture, Dynasty, Event
ca 4000 BCE KULP'O culture
ca 3000 CHULMUN culture
ca 2000 CH'AEMON culture
ca 300 OLD CHOSON
108 BCE - 313 CE 100 Chinese Han Colonies
North: Chinese Commanderies (c. 108 BCE - 313 CE)
South: Samhan Federation (c. 100 BCE - c. 280 CE)
BCE/CE KAYA (47 - 562)
300 ca 50 BCE - 668 CE Three Kingdoms
KOGORYU (37 BCE- 668 CE)
PAEKCHE (18 BCE - 663 CE)
SILLA (57 BCE - 668 CE)
700 Unified SILLA (668-936)
900 ca 890-936 Later Three Kingdoms
1000 1231-1336 Mongol Domination
1400 1392-1897 CHOSON (Yi Dynasty)Reign of King Sejong (1418-1450)
Imjin Wars (Hideyoshi invasions) (1592-98)
Reigns of Yongjo and Chongjo (1724-1800)
Two Centuries of Peace (1600-1850s)
1900 1850s-1910
1910-45
Foreign Skirmishes Threaten Korea
Japanese Colonial Rule
1940 1945-48 Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) under Soviet Occupation
1945-48 Republic of Korea (ROK) under American Occupation
1950 1950-53 Korean War
1948- ROK (South Korea)
1949- DPRK (North Korea)

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