RELG 253 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Pit-House, Gojoseon, Dolmen
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Imitating china or resist against china (13,14, 15 century) 16th century foreigners from the west; france, portugal, spain. 100 years later us and russia. Modernize & build up military & navy. Becomes independent again because end of ww2. Proxy war : north korea (china) vs south korea (us) 1953: when north and south korea is divided (38th parallel) Never declared to be over even now. 2 separate country & lots of tension. North korea : peoples democratic republic of korea. Korea: choson land of the morning calm . Influence of china because the sun comes up in the east and both korea and japan is east of china. 2333 bce - 194 bce gojoseon/ kochoson. 1 bce - 668 bce three kingdoms : goguryeo/ koguryo, silla, baekje/ paekche. 918 - 1392 goryeo / koryo dynasty buddhism. 1392 - 1910 joseon/ choson confucianism. 1945 division between north and south korea. Pit would be dugged , and smooth out.