Korea |
Japan |
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Government |
Kings: relatively weak, with powerful bureaucracies and localities |
Emperor: Ever-weakening with Shogunate, then local Samurai taking increasing power |
Religion |
Shamanic Animism |
Shinto (animism and myth) |
Aristocracy |
hwabaek councils |
Imperial Court nobility |
Warriors |
Hwarang |
Samurai |
Confucianism |
increasingly important over time |
mild interest until 17c |
Chronology |
Three Kingdoms: Silla (668-918) Koryŏ (918-1392) Yi/Chosŏn (1392-1910) |
645 Taika Reform |
Important Shared Dates |
proto-historic wars and migrations |
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Histories |
Samguk Sagi (12c) |
Nihongi and Kojiki (8c) |
Written Language |
Classical Chinese |
Classical Chinese |
Important people |
Wang Kon (Koryo founder) |
Prince Taika (7c state-builder) |
Literature |
Samguk Yusa (13c) |
Murasaki Shikibu’s Tale of Genji |
© 2003, 2004 — Jonathan Dresner