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Geurim: Fine Korean Paintings at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Chronology of Korean History

Neolithic Period (approximately 10,000-1000 B.C.)

Bronze Age (approximately 1000-300 B.C.)

Iron Age (approximately 300 B.C.-A.D. 0)

Three Kingdoms period (57 B.C.-668)
  • Old Silla kingdom (57 B.C.-668)
  • Goguryeo kingdom (37 B.C.-668)
  • Baekje kingdom (18 B.C.-660)
  • Gaya Federation (42-562)

  • Unified Silla dynasty (668-935)
    • Balhae kingdom (698-926)

    Goryeo dynasty (918-1392)

    Joseon dynasty (1392-1910)

    Japanese colonial period (1910-1945)

    After 1945
    • The Republic of Korea (South Korea; 1948- )
    • The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea; 1948- )