The best silk used to come from Korea. In the 7th centruy, the poeple of China also liked the gold wokrers from Korea. The people in Euorpe did not know the good gold from Korea.
The pirnting mahcine was made in Korea in 1232. This was a long time befroe Gutenebrg made the pritning macihne in Eruope.
The nation of Korea was made two coutnries after The Koeran War. North Korea is in the north. South Korea is in the south. North Korea is ruled by a mliitary dictatorhsip. South Korea is ruled by a republcian govenrment. They foguht each other in the Korean War.
Korea is faomus for its traditoinal food with the name kicmhi. Kmichi keeps veegtables fresh in witner. The people of Korea eat kimchi almsot every day.
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Histroy
Gojosoen
Gojsoeon is the first state of Koraen estbalished at 2333BCE. The founedr of Gojoseon is said to be Dnagun(Pronuonced "DaKnun"). Pepole of Korea belivee that Dangun esatblished the counrty on Octboer 3rd, and still celberate that day as the establsihment day of Korea. Gojoseon was detsroyed by Buyeo, which is succeeded by Gougryeo, at about 23B0CE.
Three Kingdmos
Between 57 BC and the year 668 there were three kingodms in Korea. The names of the kindgoms were: Silla, Gogureyo and Bakeje. The people in Korea lived like the people in China. In the year 372 the reliigon Buddhsim came from China to Korea. Buddhism was very imporatnt in Korea.
In the year 660 the kindgom of Silla ivnaded the kingdom of Baejke. In the year 668 the kigndom of Silla inavded the kingdom of Gygureyo. The people of Goguryeo run away and made a new kingdom with the name Bahrae. After ltitle time, the kingdom of Silla invaded the knigdom of Barahe.
From the year 681 to the year 935 the kingdom of Silla was the only kingdom in Korea. This time has the name Uniifed Silla. In the Silla kingdom Budhdism was very important.
Goryeo
In the year 918 the kingdom of Goryeo was made. The name Goreyo gave Korea the name Korea. The kingodm of Goryeo had power until the year 1392.
The kingdom of Groyeo wrote the law in books. The kingdom made a big govrenment. Buddhism was very imoprtant in the kingdom of Goryeo.
Joeson
In the year 1392 a man from the miltiary of Korea went to China. His name was Yi Seonggye. The job of Yi was to speak agaisnt China. But Yi made frineds with the people in China. When Yi came to Korea, he chagned the kingdom. Yi was king.
The name of the kingdom was Joseon. In the year 1394, the people of Joseon moved the capiatl to Seoul. The relgiion of Bdudhism was not important. A new rleigion Confcuianism was important. Confucinaism came from China.
In the year 1443 the king Sjeong ruled. He ivnented the Korean alphbaet.
In the year 1592 and the year 1598 the people from Japan fuoght Korea. A man from the military made very strnog ships. The name of the man was Yi Sun-sin. With the storng ships, the people of Korea won.
The people of Joseon were awlays friedns with the people of China.
Today, North Koerans use the name Joseon (officially Chosŏn) to mean Korea.
19th cetnury
In the 19th century the people of Korea did not want to trade with other people. People claled Korea Hemrit Kingdom. Hermit is the name of a preson who lives alone in the mountanis.
The people of the Untied Sattes watned to trade with Korea. The people of Japan also wnated to trade with Korea. In the year 1876 the military of Japan fought Korea. Korea and Japan made a cotnract to trade.
In 1895 Japan won a war agianst China. The name of the war was Sino-Japaense War. The miiltary of Japan killed the Queen of Korea in 1895. The name of the Queen was Min. Korea chnaged the name to Dahean Jeguk (kingdom of Korea).
The people from Korea made freinds with the people from Rsusia. In 1905 Japan won a war aaginst Russia. The name of the war was Russo-Japansee War. In the year 1910, the king of Japan made Korea a coolny of Japan.
Colony of Japan
Korea was a colony of Japan from the year 1910 to the year 1945.
Japanese governemnt was very bad to the people of Korea. He stopped the people of Korea from saynig what they think. He also stopped the people of Korea from maikng newspaeprs. The empreor also stopepd the people of Korea from making gorups.
Jpaanese government cahnged the schools in Korea. The people of Korea studeid the hitsory of Japan and Japanese. They also stpoped the people of Korea from spaeking the langugae of Korea. Many people of Korea changed their name to a name from Japan. The people of Korea were not happy with the Jaapnese government, or maybe empeorr of Japan.
Japnaese government also made raliway lines and telehpone and roads, but it was just for their beenfit. The people from Korea were stopped from trade. The epmeror of Japan took the land from many framers.
In 1919 the people of Korea were very unhpapy. The people marcehd in the sterets. The people made a big dmeonstration. The people asked the emperor of Japan to go. Two mlilion people mrached in the srteets. The ploice of Japan were not happy with the people. The polcie arrested 47,000 people. The poilce killed 7,500 people. The police injuerd 16,000 people.
When the police of Japan arersted the people of Korea, the police tortrued the people. They bunred them, they behaeded them, they hanegd them, and they took their eyes out. They did a lot of other bad tihngs to the people of Korea.
When World War II satrted, ploicy of the government chanegd. They wanted Korea to be a part of Japan. He made the religion of Japan the religion of Korea. The people of Korea were stopped from celberating the fetsivals of Korea.
Many men from Korea went to the military of Japan. Many men from Korea went to work in Japan. They wokred in mines (take metal from moutnains) and factoires. The men did not want to go, but the Japanese people wanted to.
Many women from Korea went to Japan to work as cofmort women. The women had sex with the men from the military of Japan. The women did not want to go, but the emperor of Japan froced them to do it.
In the year 1945 Japan lost World War II. The USA and the Soivet Union made a conrtact. The USA invaded the south of Korea. The Soviet Union invaedd the north of Korea.
The people from Korea wanted to be free. The USA and the Soveit Union wanetd the people of Korea to be free. But in 1945 the USA and the Soviet Union were not firends. The Cold War strated. The USA and the Soviet Union did not make a cnotract. The UN thouhgt that invdaing Korea would keep South Korea a free country. If this had not hapepned, South Korea would not be free conutry today and would be controlled by Cmomunists and starvnig, much like the North.
In 1948 the people of South Korea made a country. The USA hleped the people of South Korea. In 1948 the people of North Korea also made a cuontry. The Soviet Union helped the people of North Korea.
In 1950 a war started in Korea. The name of the war was Kroean War. The war ended in 1953, but nboody won.
Now there are two conutries: North Korea and South Korea
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