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Japan |
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China |
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500,000-8,000 BC |
Palaeolithic period in Korea |
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8,000-1,500 BC |
Jeulmun pottery period |
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J o m o n
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2333 |
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mythical founding by Dangun Old Choson - Gojoseon |
Great Pyramid of Giza built |
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Shang Dynasty
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1,400 |
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1,300 |
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1,200 |
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Zhou Dynasty
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1,100 |
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1,000 |
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900 |
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800 |
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700 |
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600 |
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500 |
Confucius |
Buddha |
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Rome 216 Cannae
Julius Caesar
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400 |
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Pericles Athens Golden Age |
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300 |
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Alexander the Great |
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200 |
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Puyo /Buyeo absorbed by Koguryo |
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Han
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100 |
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Silla/Shilla
780 King Hyegong assassinated/civil war |
Four Commanderies of Han China in Korea |
Kaya |
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100 AD |
Koguruo/Goguryeo
Koguryo-Sui war 668 Koguryo falls to Silla/Tang |
Paekche/ Baekje
660 Paeckche falls to Silla/Tang |
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200 |
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300 |
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500 |
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600 |
Muhammad |
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700 |
Parhae/Balhae
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Nara |
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800 |
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Heian |
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900 |
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Liao/ Khitan
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1000 |
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Khitan invasions
K o r y o
Mongol Invasion 1231 Koryo sumits to Mongol tributary for 80 years
1273 Cheju taken by Mongols
1376-85 large scale Wokou, Japanese pirate raids
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Song |
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1100 |
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1200 |
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1274 and 1281 Mongol invasions of Japan |
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1300 |
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1400 |
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1500 |
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Imjin War 1637 Manchu Tributary State
C h o s o n
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French/US invasion
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Korean Empire |
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1600 |
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1700 |
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American/French Revolution |
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Edo
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Q i n g
Taiping Rebellion
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1800 |
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Napoleon |
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U S A
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1850 |
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1860 |
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1870 |
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1890 |
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Meiji |
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1900 |
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1910 |
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Japanese Occupation |
World War 1 |
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1920 |
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U S S R |
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1930 |
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1940 |
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US withdraws most forces from South Korea 1949 |
World War II |
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1950 |
Korean War |
Syngman Rhee 48-60 1960 student revolt Park Chun Hee 63-79 Kwangju 1980 Chun Doo-hwan 80-88 Roh Tae-woo88-93
Kim Young-sam 93-98 IMF crisis 97 Kim Dae-jung 98-03 Roh Moo-hyun 03-08 Lee Myung-bak 08 |
Kim Il-sung to 1994 Juche 55
Kim il-Sung 94 |
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Cultural Revolution
PRC
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1960 |
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Vietnan War |
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1970 |
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Oil Embargo |
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1980 |
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1990 |
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Heisei |
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2000 |
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