ca. 4000 BCE |
Kulp'o Culture |
ca. 3000 BCE |
Chulmun Culture |
ca. 2000 BCE |
Ch'aemon Culture |
ca. 300 BCE |
Old Choson |
ca. 100 BCE - 313 CE |
100 Chinese Han Colonies |
|
ca. 108 BCE-313 CE |
North: Chinese Commanderies |
|
ca. 100 BCE-ca. 280
CE |
South: Samhan Federation |
ca. 50 BCE-668 CE |
Three Kingdoms |
|
57 BCE-668 CE |
Silla |
|
37 BCE-668 CE |
Kogoryu |
|
18 BCE-663 CE |
Paekche |
47 CE-562 |
Kaya
|
668-936 |
United Silla |
ca. 890-936 |
Later Three Kingdoms |
1231-1336 |
Mongol Domination |
918-1392 |
Koryo Dynasty |
1392-1897 |
Choson (Yi) Dynasty |
|
1418-1450 |
Reign of King Sejong |
|
1592-1598 |
Imjin Wars (Hideyoshi Invasions) |
|
1724-1800 |
Reigns of Yongjo and Chongjo |
|
1600-1850s |
Two centuries of peace |
1850s-1910 |
Foreign skirmishes threaten Korea |
1910-1945 |
Japanese colonial rule |
1945-1948 |
Northern Korea under
Soviet Occupation;
Southern Korea under American Occupation |
1948-present |
Democratic People's Republic of
Korea (DPRK) |
|
Republic of Korea (ROK) |
1950-1953 |
Korean War |
Consultant: Charles K. Armstrong, The Korea Foundation Associate Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences |