2. Korea
• 3000 BC immigrants from China bring new
rice harvesting techniques.
• 200 AD Korea's emerging states develop
laws and a new writing system that uses
Chinese characters.
• Three dy
3. Korea continued
• 1285 The Buddhist monk Ilyon writes
Samguk Yusa, a classic piece of Korean
literature.
• 1592-1598The Japanese military ruler
Hideyoshi Toyotomi leads invasions of
Korea.
• Japan defeats China in the Sino-Japanese
War, ending China's influence over Korea.
4. Korea
• 2000
• President Kim Dae-jung becomes the first
South Korean to win the Nobel Peace
Prize.
• 1998
• President Kim Dae Jung begins the
Sunshine Policy to encourage open
relations with North Korea.
5. Invasions
• 1231 the mongols swept into korea.
• North korea threatens US, and South
Korea with war.
• Korea invaed Japan.
6. Dynasties
• 108 BC Koreans learned about centralism,
confusanism, Buddism and writing
