Teaching East Asia: Korea Teaching East Asia: Korea | Page 26

Chronological Table
B.C.E.
5000
2000
1000
Korea
- Paleolithic Age
- Neolithic Age
Dan’gun
Bronze Age
500
Iron Age
300/200 Old Joseon
100
Three Kingdoms
China Japan Other Civilizations
Bronze Age
- Shang Dynasty
- Zhou Dynasty
Iron Age Jomon Culture Sumer and Egypt
Confucius
Qin Conquest
Bronze Age
Western Han Dynasty
Greek Civilization
Founding of Rome
Buddha
Alexander the Great
Jesus Christ
(traditional dates):
- Silla 57 B.C.E. – 935 C.E.
- Goguryeo
37 B.C.E. – 668 C.E.
C.E.
- Baekje 18 B.C.E. – 660
- Confucianism
established
Kaya (42-564)
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1100
1200
1300
1400
8
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- Xin Dynasty
- Eastern Han Dynasty
- Three Kingdoms
- Jin Dynasty
Iron Age
- Buddhism recognized
in Goguryeo (372)
- Buddhism recognized
in Baekje (384)
Northern and Southern
Dynasties
- Kaya absorbed
Sui Dynasties
Asuka Period
Buddhism
by Silla (532-562)
- Buddhism recognized
recognized
in Silla (ca.535)
in Japan (552)
- Balhae (698-926)
Tang Dynasty
Nara Period
- Unified Silla (668-935)
Oldest woodblock print
Heian Period
Fall of Rome (410)
Mohammed
(ca.751)
Charlemagne
Goryeo (918-1392)
Song Dynasty
First Crusade
Kamakura Period
begins
- Mongols invade Korea Yuan Dynasty (1271)
- Movable type (1234)
Oldest Extant Movable Yuan Dynasty
Type Book (1377)
ends (1368)
- Joseon (1392-1910)
- Hangeul (1446)
Ming Dynasty
Marco Polo
Ashikaga Pd.
Gutenberg
Columbus (1492)