EAS103H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Liao River, Xiongnu, Han Dynasty
24 Jun 2014
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Week 1 reading early korea to 935 geography settingthe early historical period (200. Documents: the widow of king jkogukhon, the three. Geographical setting600 miles longand 15 0 miles across the widest point. 85 000 square miles. most of the land is hillythe taedong river in the north and the han river in the center. cold winter with snow fall warm and humid summer. )the earliest extant source written in korea is an inscription dated 414 c. e. During the hand dynasty state of yan, the korean peninsular was home to many different tribes, tribalconfederations, or other types of small pocities. nosharp break between land dominated by the xiongnu and korea. Koguryo, and the chinese commanderiesrecorded by sima qian. when the king of the han dynasty state of yan(now=beijing)rebelled, one of his lieutenants named. Weiman(wiman in korean) fled east to choson(chaoxian inchinese) with a thousand followers.
