| Goryeo was invaded by the [[Mongols]] beginning in [[1231]], and fell under Mongol control in [[1259]], but the dynasty is considered to have continued until 1392, when it was succeeded by the [[Joseon Dynasty]]. | | Goryeo was invaded by the [[Mongols]] beginning in [[1231]], and fell under Mongol control in [[1259]], but the dynasty is considered to have continued until 1392, when it was succeeded by the [[Joseon Dynasty]]. |
− | Goryeo began sending [[tribute]] to [[Ming Dynasty]] China in [[1370]], just two years after the Ming dynasty's founding.<ref>Tomiyama Kazuyuki, ''Ryûkyû ôkoku no gaikô to ôken'', Yoshikawa Kobunkan (2004), 34.</ref>
| + | In [[1370]], two years after the founding of China's [[Ming dynasty]], [[King Gongming]] became the first king of Goryeo to receive investiture from the Ming.<ref>Tomiyama Kazuyuki, ''Ryûkyû ôkoku no gaikô to ôken'', Yoshikawa Kobunkan (2004), 34.</ref> |
| 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. Goryeo also enjoyed imports from Southeast Asia, including [[sappanwood]], [[eaglewood|aloeswood]], and other tropical products, carried via Chinese or Japanese merchants.<ref>Geoffrey Gunn, ''History Without Borders: The Making of an Asian World Region, 1000-1800'', Hong Kong University Press (2011), 217.</ref> | | 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. Goryeo also enjoyed imports from Southeast Asia, including [[sappanwood]], [[eaglewood|aloeswood]], and other tropical products, carried via Chinese or Japanese merchants.<ref>Geoffrey Gunn, ''History Without Borders: The Making of an Asian World Region, 1000-1800'', Hong Kong University Press (2011), 217.</ref> |