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The Joseon Dynasty ruled a united Korea from [[1392]] until [[1897]], from its capital at Hanseong, the city today known as [[Seoul]].<ref>Nam-Lin Hur, "A Korean Envoy Encounters Tokugawa Japan: Shin Yuhan and the Korean Embassy of 1719," ''Bunmei 21'' no. 4 (Aichi University, 2000), 61-73.</ref>
The Joseon Dynasty ruled a united Korea from [[1392]] until [[1897]], from its capital at Hanseong, the city today known as [[Seoul]].<ref>Nam-Lin Hur, "A Korean Envoy Encounters Tokugawa Japan: Shin Yuhan and the Korean Embassy of 1719," ''Bunmei 21'' no. 4 (Aichi University, 2000), 61-73.</ref>
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+It was the last dynasty to rule Korea before [[Colonial Korea|Japanese colonization]] at the beginning of the 20th century, and was characterized by a centralization of government, and a significant shift from [[Buddhism]] to [[Neo-Confucianism]] as the chief state ideology.
==History==
==History==
