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[History Lives On – Buyeo & Samhan Series] Episode 13: The Names Left Behind – How Buyeo and Samhan Still Flow Within Us
Episode 13: The Names Left Behind - How Buyeo and Samhan Still Flow Within Us Open a map of South Korea today and you will still find Buyeo County, South Chungcheong Province. The kingdom called Buyeo, however, had already vanished by 494 …
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[History Lives On – Buyeo & Samhan Series] Episode 12: From 78 States to Three Kingdoms – The Birth of Baekje, Silla, and Gaya
Episode 12: From 78 States to Three Kingdoms - The Birth of Baekje, Silla, and Gaya There were once 78 small states. Then, almost overnight in historical terms, only three names remained. Mahan had 54 statelets, Jinhan 12, Byeonhan 12 - a …
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[History Lives On – Buyeo & Samhan Series] Episode 11: Sodo and Cheongun – The Sanctuary Beyond the Sword
Episode 11: Sodo and Cheongun - The Sanctuary Beyond the Sword's Reach Two thousand years ago on the southern Korean peninsula, a fugitive who reached the great tree at the village's edge was safe the instant he crossed its shadow. No king…
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[History Lives On – Buyeo & Samhan Series] Episode 10: The Iron Kingdom That Ruled the Sea
Episode 10: The Iron Kingdom That Ruled the Sea Two thousand years ago, a cluster of small states at the mouth of the Nakdong River ruled the seas of Northeast Asia with a single resource: iron. Today, South Korea holds outsized leverage i…
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[History Lives On – Buyeo & Samhan Series] Episode 9: The Twelve States of Jinhan and the Small Kingdom of Saro in the Gyeongju Basin
Episode 9: The Twelve States of Jinhan and the Small Kingdom of Saro Even the world's largest corporations began as a single room in a garage. In the 1st century BCE, in what is now the Gyeongju basin, the seed of a kingdom that would one …
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[History Lives On – Buyeo & Samhan Series] Episode 8: Mahan
Episode 8: Mahan's 54 States and the King of Mokjiguk A king existed, but a kingdom did not — fifty-four small states loosely bound under one man's authority. Across the broad plains of what is now Gyeonggi, Chungcheong, and Jeolla provinc…
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[History Lives On – Buyeo & Samhan Series] Episode 7: From Jin-guk to Samhan – Scattered Kingdoms of the South
Episode 7: From Jin-guk to Samhan - Scattered Kingdoms of the South When a dethroned king crossed the sea to the south, how did the fate of that land change forever? In 194 BCE, King Jun, the last ruler of Gojoseon (ancient Joseon), lost h…
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[History Lives On – Buyeo & Samhan Series] Episode 6: The Wave of Mulgil and the Surrender of 494 – Buyeo Embraced by Goguryeo
Episode 6: The Wave of Mulgil and the Surrender of 494 - Buyeo Embraced by Goguryeo In 494 CE, Buyeo was not conquered. It walked in on its own. Buyeo was the longest-surviving state in Korean and Manchurian history after Gojoseon, holding…
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[History Lives On – Buyeo & Samhan Series] Episode 5: The Fallen Capital, The Reclaimed Kingdom – The Restoration under Kings Uiryeo and Uira
Episode 5: The Fallen Capital, The Reclaimed Kingdom - The Restoration under Kings Uiryeo and Uira If a king takes his own life after his capital burns, is the kingdom finished? In 285 CE, the capital of Buyeo — a kingdom ruling the Songne…
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[History Lives On – Buyeo & Samhan Series] Episode 4: King Geumwa and King Daeso – Eastern Buyeo, and the Place Jumong Left Behind
Episode 4: King Geumwa and King Daeso - Eastern Buyeo, and the Place Jumong Left Behind A king was beheaded while his horse floundered in the mud. In that instant, the balance of power in ancient Northeast Asia quietly shifted forever. In …
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