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Okjeo
Hangul 옥저
Hanja 沃沮
Revised Romanization Okjeo
McCune-Reischauer Okchŏ
History of Korea

Prehistory
 Jeulmun period
 Mumun period
Gojoseon 2333-108 BC
 Jin state
Proto-Three Kingdoms: 108-57 BC
 Buyeo, Okjeo, Dongye
 Samhan: Ma, Byeon, Jin
Three Kingdoms: 57 BC - 668 AD
 Goguryeo 37 BC - 668 AD
  Sui wars
 Baekje 18 BC - 660 AD
 Silla 57 BC - 935 AD
 Gaya 42-562
North-South States: 698-935
 Unified Silla 668-935
 Balhae 698-926
Later Three Kingdoms 892-935
Goryeo 918-1392
 Khitan wars
 Mongol invasions
Joseon 1392-1897
 Japanese invasions 1592-1598
 Manchu invasions
Korean Empire 1897–1910
Japanese rule 1910–1945
 Provisional Gov't 1919-1948
Division of Korea 1945–1948
North, South Korea 1948–present
 Korean War 1950–1953

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Dong-okjeo (East Okjeo) occupied roughly the area of the Hamgyŏng provinces of North Korea, and Buk-okjeo (North Okjeo) occupied the Duman River region. Hamgyŏng ( Hamgyŏng-do) was one of the Eight Provinces of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty. North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, The Tumen or Tuman River is a 521 km-long river that serves as part of the boundary between China, North Korea, and Russia, rising in Dong-okjeo was often simply called Okjeo, while Buk-okjeo was also sometimes referred to as Chiguru (置溝婁, 치구루) or Guru (구루), the latter name being also applied to Goguryeo. Okjeo bordered the other minor state of Dongye on the south, and shared a similar fate. Dongye was a state which occupied portions of the northeastern Korean peninsula from roughly 150 BCE to around 400 CE

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History

In its early history, Okjeo oscillated between domination by the Chinese commanderies and by Goguryeo. [1] From the 3rd century BCE to 108 BCE, it was controlled by Gojoseon [1] Due to the constant interference of its neighbors, Okjeo never grew into a fully centralized kingdom. Gojoseon was an ancient Korean kingdom considered the first proper nation of the Korean people.

In the 1st or 2nd century CE, King Taejo of Goguryeo reduced Okjeo to a tributary, which delivered local products to Goguryeo. King Taejo of Goguryeo (47? - 165 r 53 - 146 was the sixth monarch of Goguryeo, the northernmost of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. During the 244 Wei Invasion of Goguryeo, Goguryeo’s King Dongcheon briefly retreated to North Okjeo, and in 285, the Buyeo court also temporarily escaped to Okjeo under northern nomadic attacks. King Dongcheon of Goguryeo (209 - 248 r 227-248 was the 11th monarch of Goguryeo, the northernmost of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. Buyeo, Puyŏ, or Fuyu was an ancient Korean kingdom located from today's Manchuria to northern North Korea, from around the 2nd

In early 5th century, Okjeo was completely conquered by Gwanggaeto Taewang.

Language and culture

Our knowledge of Okjeo culture is fragmentary. As with the Dongye, Okjeo language, food, clothing, architecture, and customs were similar to that of Goguryeo. Goguryeo or Koguryo was an ancient Korean kingdom located in the northern and central parts of the Korean peninsula, southern Manchuria, and The Okjeo people practiced arranged marriage by which the child-bride lived with the child-groom's family until adulthood, and they interred the dead of a family in a single coffin.

Notes

  1. ^ Byeon 1999, p. 49.

References

Byeon Tae-seop (변태섭) (1999). 韓國史通論 (Hanguksa tongnon) (Outline of Korean history), 4th ed. . ISBN 89-445-9101-6.  

Lee, K. (1984). A new history of korea. Tr. by E. W. Wagner & E. J. Schulz, based on the 1979 Korean ed. Seoul: Iljogak. ISBN 89-337-0204-0

See also

The history of Korea stretches from Lower Paleolithic times to the present This is a list of articles on Korea -related people places things and concepts Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries a civilization and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia.
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