Guest Editor’s Introduction: Manchuria and Korea in East Asian History
Journal Title: International Journal of Korean History - Year 2015, Vol 21, Issue 1
Abstract
Throughout history, many tribal peoples or ethnic groups originated and occupied the region known today as Manchuria.1 It was the home of nomadic or semi-nomadic tribes such as the Khitans and Jurchens whose history, language, and culture were totally different from those of Han Chinese. Manchurian peoples built powerful empires that conquered parts or all of China, but Han Chinese dynasties also controlled parts of the region at different times. Manchuria also had a very close connection to Korea. Parts of Manchuria and Korea were “unified” under Korean states such as Old Chosŏn (古朝鮮), Puyŏ (夫餘), Koguryŏ (高句麗), and Parhae (渤海). In particular, Koguryŏ, the earliest and the strongest of the Three Kingdoms, ruled over much of the Korean Peninsula and Manchuria for several centuries.
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Peter Yun
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