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Created page with "*''Korean/Japanese'': 高麗 ''(Goryeo/Koryŏ, J: Kourai)'' Goryeo, also known as Koryŏ, was a Korean kingdom lasting from 918 until 1392. Goryeo was first establis..."
*''Korean/Japanese'': 高麗 ''(Goryeo/Koryŏ, J: Kourai)''
Goryeo, also known as Koryŏ, was a Korean kingdom lasting from [[918]] until [[1392]].
Goryeo was first established by Wang Geon, aka [[King Taejo of Goryeo]], in 918, and conquered United [[Silla]] in [[935]]. Beginning in the 10th century, Goryeo adopted a system akin to the [[Chinese imperial examinations]] to find and appoint officials.
The dynasty saw the first carving of woodblocks for a printing of the complete Buddhist Tripitaka, in [[1011]]-[[1087]].
The height of production of Goryeo [[celadon]] wares, and the invention of moveable type, was in the 12th-13th centuries.
Goryeo was conquered by the [[Mongols]] in [[1231]]-[[1257]], but the dynasty is considered to have continued until 1392, when it was succeeded by the [[Joseon Dynasty]].
Goryeo first established formal relations with the Okinawan kingdom of [[Chuzan|Chûzan]] in [[1389]], three years before the dynasty fell, but relations are believed to have continued relatively uninterrupted through that transition.
==Kings of Goryeo==
*[[King Taejo of Goryeo]] (r. 918-?)
*[[King Gwangjong]] (r. [[925]]-[[975]])
<center>
{| border="3" align="center"
|- align="center"
|width="32%"|Preceded by:<br>'''United [[Silla]]'''
|width="35%"|'''Joseon Dynasty'''<br> [[918]]-[[1392]]
|width="32%"|Succeeded by:<br>'''[[Joseon]]'''
|}
</center>
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==References==
*Gallery labels, Art of Korea, LACMA.
[[Category:Historical Periods]]
Goryeo, also known as Koryŏ, was a Korean kingdom lasting from [[918]] until [[1392]].
Goryeo was first established by Wang Geon, aka [[King Taejo of Goryeo]], in 918, and conquered United [[Silla]] in [[935]]. Beginning in the 10th century, Goryeo adopted a system akin to the [[Chinese imperial examinations]] to find and appoint officials.
The dynasty saw the first carving of woodblocks for a printing of the complete Buddhist Tripitaka, in [[1011]]-[[1087]].
The height of production of Goryeo [[celadon]] wares, and the invention of moveable type, was in the 12th-13th centuries.
Goryeo was conquered by the [[Mongols]] in [[1231]]-[[1257]], but the dynasty is considered to have continued until 1392, when it was succeeded by the [[Joseon Dynasty]].
Goryeo first established formal relations with the Okinawan kingdom of [[Chuzan|Chûzan]] in [[1389]], three years before the dynasty fell, but relations are believed to have continued relatively uninterrupted through that transition.
==Kings of Goryeo==
*[[King Taejo of Goryeo]] (r. 918-?)
*[[King Gwangjong]] (r. [[925]]-[[975]])
<center>
{| border="3" align="center"
|- align="center"
|width="32%"|Preceded by:<br>'''United [[Silla]]'''
|width="35%"|'''Joseon Dynasty'''<br> [[918]]-[[1392]]
|width="32%"|Succeeded by:<br>'''[[Joseon]]'''
|}
</center>
{{stub}}
==References==
*Gallery labels, Art of Korea, LACMA.
[[Category:Historical Periods]]