KOREA

SHAMANISM

• Certain people could communicate with spirits
• Shamans acted as a connection between human and spirits
• Many Shamans are women
• Shamans carried out rituals to convince the spirits to help people
• Have the ability to cure illnesses

THE THREE KINGDOMS

KOREAN PEOPLE

EACH KINGDOM RULED BY A MONARCH

PAEKCHE ADOPTED JAPANESE CULTURE

CONFLICTS BETWEEN THREE KINGDOMS

• Tang Dynasty of China sided with Silla
• The three kingdoms fought war to control the Korean Peninsula
• Silla conquered Paekche and Koguryo

PEACE IN SILLA

• An ideal Buddhism kingdom
• Government gave land to farmers and helped build irrigation systems
• More food produced, trade increased, and economy prospered

CULTURAL ADVANCES IN SILLA

• Examination system to hire government officials
• Build Buddhist temples
• Printing of Buddhism scared texts

WANG KON:FIRST RULER TO UNITE ENTIRE KOREAN PENINSULA

KORYO KINGDOM

• Rulers set up a code of laws
• Civil service exams
• Buddhism spread
• Moveable metal type(oldest printed book)

CELADON POETRY

MONGOLS RULED KORYO DYNASTY

YI SONG-GYE

YI CAPITAL:HANSEONG

YI DYNASTY PREFERRED NEO CONFUCIANISM

SEJONG

• Used bronze to make instruments to measure rain
• Produced water clocks, sundials, and globes
• Created alphabet called hangul

KOREANS DEFEATED THE JAPANESE

TURTLE SHIPS

• Yi Sun-Shin invented this
• Plated armors looked like armor shells
• Cannons on all sides
• Rows of spikes to kept attackers away

YI DYNASTY PAID TRIBUNES TO CHINA