EASIA 201R Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Emperor Wu Of Han, Written Chinese, Dongmyeong Of Goguryeo

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: East Asian
• Course: EASIA 201R
• Professor: Renee Rui Wang

Document Summary

Under chinese control (late 2nd century bc to bc 313 ad) A general from the state of han of china was invited by king jun of choson. Jun accepted, appointed wiman as commander, and then wiman revolted and destroyed choson, and established wiman choson. He set up four sub-kingdoms in northern korean peninsula: lelang, lintun, xuantu, zhenfan. What happened in the three kingdom periods? (and what were the three kingdoms?) Features of the koguryo period (that was covered in class): Emerged on the north and south banks of yalu river. At is peak, it was most powerful kingdom in northeast asia. A new chinese army crossed liao river and captured capital: pyongyang. So seo-no, wife of king dongmyeongseong of koguryo, took her two sons and found her own kingdom peakche. Peakche controlled most of the western korean peninsula, defeated. Marked the end of the three kingdoms period.