ASIAN 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Dangun, Hebo, Hwanung
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Asian 101 - lecture 8 - ancient korea. The tribal hunter gatherers were also fishers. They mastered iron by the third century bce from china. Rice cultivation spread to korea from china and manchuria around 1200-900 bc. Millet based agriculture also spread from northern china. 2333 bc was when the legendary establishment by dangun from northern korea. He was the son of hwanung and a bear who happened to turn into a woman. Priests are known as mu or basku as they continued tradition. They are related to shinto as sindo is another word for muism. They practice trance states, healing, and rituals. Korea was a theocratic state as the capital was pyongyang. There was invasion by han china around 108 bce. This period was ruled by a hereditary aristocracy. There were close ties to japan as some diplomats even lived in japan. There were buddhist influences by the 500s.
