HIST 80a Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Kim Jong-Il, Tumen River, Balhae
29 Nov 2016
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During the ice age, japan was attached to korea (only divided by the sea of japan (aka to korea the east sea)). Some believe (not all) that the korean and japanese languages derived from the same group the altaic group. Initially divided by the u. s. and ussr in 1945 through occupation. The yalu river in the west divides korea from china. The mccune reischauer (1937) system of romanization was replaced by the korean. Government in favor of a revised korean based romanization in 2000 (known as. Though the former is still common in literature. The tumen river in the east divides korea from china. Baekdu and is viewed as a sacred site. Dangun (tangun) the son of the king of heaven and a praying bear who sought to be a woman, and thus, the king granted her wish and married her (according to legend) at mt. Supposedly kim jong il was born at mt.
