1. Korea
I. Cultural Influences
A. 4th B.C.E.- farming & metal working
B. Han

2. C. Tang Alliance & Sinification
Silla became a vassal state
2. Silla & Koryo ( )
a. Chinese learning leads to flowering of culture
b. Cultural elite
1.Adopted Chinese ways
2. Buddhism

3. II. Koryo Collapse & Dynastic Renewal
A. Aristocrats vs. commoners
1. peasant revolts
2. weakened Silla & Koryo
3. century of internal conflicts

4. a. revived aristocratic dominance b. revived links to China
B. Mongol Invasion
Yi Dynasty restored
a. revived aristocratic dominance
b. revived links to China
c. Dynasty lasted until 1910