Gojoseon (Korean pronunciation: [kodʑosʌn]) was an ancient Korean Korea is a civilization and formerly unified nation currently divided into two states. Located on the Korean Peninsula, it borders China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the east by the Korea Strait kingdom. According to the Samguk Yusa Samguk Yusa, or Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms, is a collection of legends, folktales, and historical accounts relating to the Three Kingdoms of Korea , as well as to other periods and states before, during, and after the Three Kingdoms period and other medieval-era records,[1] Gojoseon is said to have been founded in 2333 BC by Dangun Dangun Wanggeom was the legendary founder of Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom, around present-day Liaoning, Manchuria, and the Korean Peninsula. He is said to be the grandson of heaven, and to have founded the kingdom in 2333 BC. Although the term Dangun commonly refers to the founder, some believe it was a title meaning "high priest", who is said to be a Posterity of Heaven Posterity of Heaven or Cheonson designates the Korean people because they are considered the descendants of Heaven or the heavenly god. The Koreans usually believe that their countries are the nation by the Posterity of Heaven. Based on historical records, the ancient Koreans generally worshiped the heavens and the sun, liked brightness, and. It was centered in the basins of Liao and Northern part of the Korean Peninsula The Korean Peninsula is a peninsula in East Asia. It extends southwards for about 684 miles from continental Asia into the Pacific Ocean and is surrounded by the Sea of Japan (also called East Sea) on the east, the East China Sea to the south, and the Yellow Sea to the west, the Korea Strait connecting the first two bodies of water.
Archaeological evidence of Gojoseon are found in the transition from the Jeulmun pottery The Jeulmun Pottery Period is an archaeological era in Korean prehistory that dates to approximately 8000-1500 B.C.E. . It is named after the decorated pottery vessels that form a large part of the pottery assemblage consistently over the above period, especially 4000-2000 B.C. Jeulmun means "Comb-patterned". A boom in the archaeological to the Mumun pottery The Mumun pottery period is an archaeological era in Korean prehistory that dates to approximately 1500-300 BC. This period is named after the Korean name for undecorated or plain cooking and storage vessels that form a large part of the pottery assemblage over the entire length of the period, but especially 850-550 B.C around 1500 BC, when groups of semi-sedentary small-scale agriculturalists occupied most of the Korean Peninsula. Local bronze production began around the 8th century BC. Based on contemporaneous written records, modern historians generally believe it developed from a loose federation into a powerful kingdom between 7th and 4th centuries BC.
Go(고, 古), meaning "ancient," distinguishes it from the later Joseon Dynasty Joseon (also Chosŏn, Choson, Chosun), was a Korean sovereign state founded by Taejo Yi Seong-gye that lasted for approximately five centuries. It was founded in the aftermath of the overthrow of the Goryeo Kingdom at what is today the city of Kaesong. Early on, Korea was retitled and the capital was relocated to modern-day Seoul and the kingdom's; Joseon, as it is called in contemporaneous writings, is also romanized Korean romanization is a system for representing the Korean language using the Roman alphabet. In Korea, the Korean language is written using hangul, and sometimes hanja as Chosŏn.
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Jenny Sherwood
Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:40:00 GM
dr. bok's research provides physical archaeological evidence of the ancient korean nation of . gojoseon. , which existed throughout the korean peninsula and ancient manchuria (now china). this research has greater implications for issues ...
