Timeline of Korean history
timeline of notable events in the history of Korea
This is a timeline of Korean history.
Early history
8000 BC: Beginning of the Jeulmun pottery period.
2337 BC: Legendary establishment of Tamna by Go, Yang, and Bu on Jeju Island.
2333 BC: Legendary establishment of Gojoseon by Dangun.
1500 BC: Beginning of the Mumun pottery period.
800 BC: Historian Richard McBride posits that the historical founding of Old Chosŏn as a polity likely began around this time.
700 BC: Beginning of the Liaoning bronze dagger culture.
323 BC: Estimated beginning of the Gojoseon-Yan War that eventually ends in Gojoseon's loss of the Liaodong peninsula to Yan.
300 BC: Beginning of the Iron Age.
300 BC: Establishment of Jin in southern Korean peninsula.
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