Ancient peoples of Korea

Silla (; Old Korean: 徐羅伐, Yale: Syerapel, RR: Seorabeol; IPA: ) was a Korean kingdom that existed between 57 BCE and 935 CE and was located on the southern and central parts of the Korean peninsula. Silla, along with Baekje and Goguryeo, formed the Three Kingdoms of Korea. Silla had the lowest population of the three, approximately 850,000 people (170,000 households), significantly smaller than those of Baekje (3,800,000 people) and Goguryeo (3,500,000 people).

Goguryeo (37 BC – 668 AD) (; ; Old Korean: Guryeo) also later known as Goryeo (; ; Middle Korean: 고ᇢ롕〮, kwòwlyéy), was a Korean kingdom which was located on the northern and central parts of the Korean peninsula and the southern and central parts of modern-day Northeast China (Manchuria). At its peak of power, Goguryeo encompassed most of the Korean peninsula and large parts of Manchuria, along with parts of eastern Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and modern-day Russia.

Paekche or Baekje () was a Korean kingdom located in southwestern Korea from 18 BCE to 660 CE. It was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, together with Goguryeo and Silla. While the three kingdoms existed separately, Paekche had the largest population, at approximately 3,800,000 (760,000 households), which was much larger than that of Silla (850,000 people) and comparable to that of Goguryeo (3,500,000 people).

Buyeo or Puyŏ (; ), also rendered as Fuyu () in Chinese, was an ancient kingdom that was centered in northern Manchuria in modern-day northeast China. It had deep ties to the Yemaek people, who are considered to be the ancestors of modern Koreans. It is also called Northern Buyeo () according to its founding legend.

Okjeo () was an ancient Korean tribal state which arose in the northern Korean peninsula from perhaps the 2nd century BCE to the 5th century CE.

former state

Samhan, or Three Hans (), is the collective name of the three confederacies: Byeonhan, Jinhan, and Mahan that emerged in the first century BCE during the Proto–Three Kingdoms of Korea, or Samhan, period. Located in the central and southern regions of the Korean Peninsula, the Samhan confederacies eventually merged and developed into the Paekche, Silla kingdoms and Kaya confederacy. The name "Samhan" also refers to the Three Kingdoms of Korea.

former country

confederation of protostates in southeastern Korean peninsula

Tamna () was a kingdom based on Jeju Island from ancient times until it was absorbed by the Korean Joseon dynasty in 1404, following a long period of being a tributary state or autonomous administrative region of various Korean kingdoms.

former country on Korean peninsula

archaeological period in Korea (ca. 8000–1500 BCE), named after the decorated pottery vessels that form a large part of the pottery assemblage consistently over the above period

ancient ethnic group in Manchuria

generic name of people who lived in the Japanese archipelago during the Jōmon period

Yemaek (濊貊) were a people of Koreans who resided in ancient Manchuria. Whether they were: homogenous; heterogenous of Ye 濊 and Maek 貊; or whether Yemaek were a branch of Maek remains debated. However, the most accepted model is that they were ethnolinguistically identical but remained socially and politically disparate identities. The first Yemaek state to appear were 朝鮮 Old Chosŏn that fell in 108 BC. They were renamed Old Chosŏn after Joseon were later founded in 1392 AD: ostensibly as a successor state to Old Chosŏn. Yemaek together with Han 韓 acted as the foundations for the formation of t

ancient ethnic group and ancestors of the Japanese people