History 1601E Lecture Notes - Emperor Wu Of Han, Altaic Languages, Lelang Commandery
12 Sep 2012
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Koreans claim to have a 5000 year history. Pottery evidence suggests contact with northern and southern china. Males dominating political aspect, females dominating spiritual aspect. Korean is a monotone, polysyllabic, highly inflected, and hierarchal language. Agglutinative (words formed by gluing various particles together) Closest relation to altaic languages (manchu, mongol, turkish) Conjugations based on mood, tone, respect etc. Heavens and earth infused with spirits and gods. Shamans are intermediaries between spirits and humans. Tan"gun, legendary founder of korean kingdom of choson. Kija, a chinese sage said to have founded choson in 1122 bce. Silla legend of pak hyokkose; born out of an egg. One commandery (known as lelang or nangnang) based in pyongyang ruled by china until early. Main bridge between korean and chinese culture. Puyo and okch"o confederacies surrounded chinese colonies at lelang/nangnang. Puyo engaged in diplomatic relations with china. Controlled southern manchuria and northern 2/3 of korea. Warlike and often in conflict with neighbours.
