| 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 |
