| Ancient Joseon |
Between the Old
Stone Age to the New Stone Age, some 500,000 years ago, Koreans
lived in the Korean Peninsula. However, they did not form a
structured society and there were no politics or the concept of
private possession. As people started to use metal for their
primitive agricultural activities, the New Stone Age gave way to
the Bronze Age. The Bronze Age laid a foundation for the
establishment of a nation, and saw the formation of Ancient
Joseon, which is the first nation established in the Korean
Peninsula.
Ancient Joseon was founded by Dangun and developed from one of
the small nations centered round villages, into a Kingdom which
dominated the nations in the peninsula. |
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| Ancient Joseon shifted from a bronze
culture developed at the beginning of the kingdom, to the Iron
Age. Around this period, Ancient Joseon frequently came into
conflict with the Han Kingdom of China and when the Han emperor
Wu-ti dispatched a massive invasion army, the country was
eventually defeated in 108 BC after one year of resistance. |
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