KOREA Brief history
Korean Peninsula is connected with Manchuria, China and Vladivostoc, Russia.
Totally Different Race, Different Culture, Different language, Different DNA & Characters, Everythings are totally different from neighbor country of it’s China and/or Russia.
KOREA, COREA, COREE since the Creation, Genesis.
Last 5,000 years history throughout the Korean Peninsula. We have many Dynasties and Kingdoms as following.
1. GO-JO-SEON (BC 2333 ~ BC 108)
Founder of the Country was “DANGUN”
The 03rd of OCT. is a National holiday for Foundation.
Unique Country for celebrating the day of country’s foundation in the World.
Three Kingdoms Period
2. GO-GU-RYEO (BC 37 ~ 668 AD) (705 years)
Currently North KOREA, Manchuria(Northern East Part of China) & Southern part of Mongolia.
3. BAEK-JE (BC 18 ~ 660 AD) (678 years)
Currently South West of Korean Peninsula. Jeolla, Choong-Cheong province & Seoul area.
4. SHILLA (BC 56 ~ 935 AD) (992 Years). angwon province area
Currently Gyeong-Sang province % G
We call it Millennium Kingdom, Millennium City.
4. SHILLA (BC 56~935AD) (992 years)
SHILLA Kingdom had unified 3 kingdom in 676 AD.
Capital City was GYEONG-JU, Currently it was nominated as a UNESCO’s World Culural City like Arhens.
5. GO-RYEO (918AD~1392AD) (474 years)
GO-RYEO was named from previous Kingdom of GO-GU-RYEO,
then the name of COREA is originated from GO–GU-RYEO & GO-RYEO Kingdom.
The reason why Kingdom of GO-GU-RYEO had territorial expansion & occupied southern part of Mongolia
and Northeast of China, Manchuria.
MARCO POLO, Italian traveller called it and informed and published to European continent as a COREA.
COREA is being called in Latin countries, Spain, Portugal, Italia and South America.
COREA is being called KOREA in English countries, in UK, USA. and most of countries.
6. JOSEON (1392~1910) Dynasty.
JOSEON (1392 ~ 1910), Kingodm of JOSEON Dynasty.
named from previous Kingdom of GO-JO-SEON.
7. DAE-HAN-MIN-GUK (1945~Today)
HAN-GUK is abbreviation of DAE-HAN-MIN-GUK.
Republic of KOREA
8. Currently,
Latin countries call it COREA,
French call it COREE.
English countries call it KOREA.
Korean local people call it as a “DAE-HAN-MIN-GUK” or “HAN-GUK”.
HAN-GUK is abbreviation of full name of “DAE-HAN-MIN-GUK”.
“DAE-HAN-MIN-GUK” means “KOREA the Great” or “The Country of Great HAN Nation”.
13th Century, Italian merchant, explorer and writer, MARCO POLO(Sep. 15, 1254~Jan. 08, 1324) have named the country “COREA”.
It is consist of CORE+A.
His travels was recorded in “The Travels of Marco Polo”.
The alphabet A which is placed at the end of Noun becomes “Country, Territory and/or Land” according to the Latin Grammer.
COREA means that “The Country of CORE (Dynasty)”.
Then the Countries, which using Latin languages call and use “COREA” in Spain, Portugal, Central & South America but French call it “COREE”.
The names of COREE & COREA was quoted from “GORYEO Dynasty 918~1392 AD”.
