1. Korea and Its Traditions!
Mr. Huth

2. Aim How was Korea similar and different from China?
Homework: Read Chapter 13 Section 3, and then answer the questions that are attached to my website. Submit your work to turnitin.com by 8am on Monday.
Study for your exam on Wednesday

3. Do Now You are about to see different maps of Korea.
With your partners, generate a list of information regarding Korea’s:
Location in relation to other major civilizations
Physical geography (mountains, rivers, etc.)
Korea’s inner geography (interconnected or isolated)

5. Korea and the Han Dynasty

8. Korea had three major empires Shilla Kingdom (668-918)
Korea and its empires
Korea had three major empires
Shilla Kingdom ( )
Koryo ( )
Choson; also known as the Yi ( )

9. Korea and the Shilla During the Shilla (668-918)
Korea became a military tributary state of the Tang Dynasty
Adapted Confucian views
Han leader Wudi originally brought Confucianist thought to Korea
Early on, woman had higher status
Later, women’s rights became restricted
Koreans modified the Civil Service System
Only wealthy aristocrats could take the exam

10. A question!
What is the impact of only the wealthy aristocrats taking the civil service exam?

11. Korea during the Koryo Age (918-1392)
Buddhism reached its greatest peak
Korean scholars wrote histories and poems based on Chinese models
Koryo built their capital of Kaesong following the Tang capital of Chang’an
Koreans used woodblock printing to produce a flood of Buddhist texts
Learned how to make porcelain from the Chinese
Perfected the form and made CELADON
Porcelain with an unusual blue-green glaze
When Mongols overran Korea in the 1200s, the secret to making celadon was lost forever

12. A question on the Koryo
What are two examples of how Koreans adapted or modified Chinese ideas under the Koryo Dynasty?

14. How did the Choson rise to power in Korea?
Choson Dynasty
How did the Choson rise to power in Korea?
-Choson ruled Korea from

15. Choson: The Longest Dynasty
Mongols occupied Korea until the 1350s
Yi Song-gye established the Choson regime
Yi reduced Buddhism influences
Yi strengthened Confucian influences in Korea
Despite Korea’s connection to China
Kept own tradition through the written language
Hangul was the written language, utilized symbols to represent sounds of spoken Korean
Result was an extremely high literacy rate in Korea
Higher than China

16. Exit Card
How was Korea similar and different from China?