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Gojoseon
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ancient state, based in northern Korean peninsula and Manchuria
Key facts
- Capital
- Wanggeom City
- Common languages
- Ye-Maek ( Koreanic ) , Classical Chinese (literary)
- Ethnic groups
- Yemaek
- Religion
- Shamanism
- Government
- Monarchy
- 2333 bce
- Tan'gun (first)
- 232 220 bce
- Bu
- 220 194 bce
- Jun
- 194 bce
- Wi Man
- 108 bce
- Wi Ugeo (last)
- Historical era
- Ancient
- Established
- 2333 (Mythological founding)
- Coup by wi man
- 194 BCE
- Gojoseon han war
- 109–108 BCE
- Fall of wanggeom city
- 108 BCE
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- kingdom
- Has part
- Wiman Chosŏn
- Religion
- Korean shamanism
- Continent
- Asia
- Capital
- Wanggeom-seong
- Area
- 80000
- Form of government
- monarchy
- Image
- Korean-type bronze dagger and mirror.National Museum of Korea.jpg
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- language used
- Goguryeo
- topic's main category
- Category:Gojoseon
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 0108-01-01
- Commons category
- Gojoseon
- replaced by
- Western Han
- inception
- 2333-00-00
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- located in the present-day administrative territorial entity
- China
- native label
- 고조선
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Today part ofNorth Korea South Korea China
Korean name Hangul고조선
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gojoseon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.