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Korea Koryo to Chosun 918 CE - 1392

Korea Koryo to Chosun 918 CE - 1392. Koryo Dynasty 935-1392 CE. Factionalism and corruption weaken Silla Dynasty Tang China collapses leaving Silla without a protector The Sadae principle fails them?? Restoration movements in both Paekche and Koguryo Both gain independence.

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Korea Koryo to Chosun 918 CE - 1392

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  1. KoreaKoryo to Chosun918 CE - 1392

  2. Koryo Dynasty935-1392 CE • Factionalism and corruption weaken Silla Dynasty • Tang China collapses leaving Silla without a protector • The Sadae principle fails them?? • Restoration movements in both Paekche and Koguryo • Both gain independence

  3. Transition: Later Paekche • Later Paekche emerges • Prince imprisons his father • Younger brother liberates father • Liberated Father and his followers join Later Koguryo as junior partner in an alliance Later Baekche 

  4. Transition: Later Koguryo • Later Koguryo emerges under King Wang Kon • Takes over the lower half of Parhae (lower half of the early Koguryo nation) Later Koguryo 

  5. Koryo • Wang Kon allies with the senior king of Later Paekche • 935 CE: Koguryo overthrows Silla to unify Korea again • Takes on the new dynastic name: Koryo (고려) • High and elegant

  6. Koryo Dynasty935-1392 CE • First King: Wang Kon • Great coalition builder and peacemaker • Paekche elites brought into his leadership – alliance with elderly Paekche king • Incorporate Silla Elite by marrying Silla princess • Capital at Kaeseong – now located just across the DMZ

  7. Koryo Leadership • Continued dominance of the Yangban Class • Yangban means two-sides or two corps • Emerged in Silla – continued in Koryo • Civil elite + Military elite = Yangban • Hereditary status for political position

  8. Koryo Dynasty • Farming done by tenants and SLAVES • 1/3 of Koryo population classified as slaves

  9. Koryo Dynasty:Golden age For Korean Women • Matrilocal as well as patrilocal marriage: • Women relatively well off • Women own property • Women can inherit • Women may get custody in case of divorce • Widows can remarry • Some women even take on multiple husbands • men taking on multiple wives was never uncommon in Korea until modern times Koryo Museum: NK

  10. Koryo Dynasty935-1392 CE Civil service system develops • Exams, but still hereditary elite

  11. Flowering of Arts:Celedon pottery

  12. Flowering of Arts: • Buddhist artwork • Koreana Tripitaka • Heinsa Temple

  13. Moveable type invented • But not much used • Shipping Developed in the 1100s • Sextant • Deep water navigation

  14. Koryo Occupied by Mongols: 1231 • Guerilla resistance until 1270 • Mongols oversee building of 900 ships & attack Japan 1270s (Korean sailors)

  15. Koryo Occupied by Mongols: 1231 • Ming dynasty in China overthrows Mongols in 1368. • Koryo elites vacillate between loyalty to Ming and to Mongols.

  16. Koryo Collapse • Yi Seong-gye is dispatched to repel Ming attack • Yi’s returns and takes over the court • Ming alliance • New Chosøn Dynasty (named by Ming emperor) 1392-1910

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