Korea Koryo to Chosun 935 CE + 17

Koryo Dynasty CE Factionalism and corruption weaken Silla Dynasty Tang China collapses leaving Silla without a protector The Sadae principle fails them?? Restoration movements in both Baekche and Koguryo Both gain independence

Transition: Later Baekche Later Baekche emerges Prince imprisons his father Younger brother liberates father Liberated Father and his followers join Later Koguryo as junior partner in an alliance Later Baekche 

Transition: Later Koguryo Later Koguryo emerges under King Wang Kon Takes over the lower half of Parhae (lower half of the early Koguryo nation) Later Koguryo 

Koryo Wang Kon allies with the senior king of Later Baekche 935 CE: Koguryo overthrows Silla to unify Korea again Takes on the new dynastic name: Koryo ( 고려 ) High and elegant

Koryo Dynasty CE First King: Wang Kon Great coalition builder and peacemaker Baekche elites brought into his leadership – alliance with elderly Baekche king Incorporate Silla Elite by marrying Silla princess Capital at Kaeseong – now bisected by the DMZ

Koryo Leadership Continued dominance of the Yangban Class Yangban means two-sides or two corps Emerged in Silla – continued in Koryo Civil elite + Military elite = Yangban Hereditary status for political position

Koryo Dynasty Farming done by tenants and SLAVES 1/3 of Koryo population classified as slaves

Koryo Dynasty: Golden age For Korean Women Matrilocal marriage: Women relatively well off Women own property Women can inherit Women may get custody in case of divorce Widows can remarry Some women even take on multiple husbands men taking on multiple wives was never uncommon in Korea until modern times Koryo Museum: NK

Koryo Dynasty CE Civil service system develops Exams, but still hereditary elite

Flowering of Arts: Celedon pottery

Flowering of Arts: Buddhism: the national religion and dominant influence Buddhist artwork Koreana Tripitaka Heinsa Temple

Moveable type invented But not much used Shipping Developed in the 1100s Sextant Deep water navigation

Koryo Occupied by Mongols: 1231 Guerilla resistance until 1270 Mongols oversee building of 900 ships & attack Japan 1270s (Korean sailors)

Koryo Occupied by Mongols: 1231 Ming dynasty in China overthrows Mongols in Koryo elites vacillate between loyalty to Ming and to Mongols.

Koryo Collapse Yi Seung-kye is dispatched to repel Ming attack Yi ’ s coup Ming alliance New Chosun Dynasty (named by Ming emperor)