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Yalu River
separates N Korea from China
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T'aebaek
most important mnt range on E coast
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evolved
developed gradually
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Silla dynasty
- dynasty where arts flourished
- Buddhism spread
- set up national confucian academy to train officials
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Kyongju
- Silla capital
- "city of gold"
- aristocracy of culture
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Koryo dynasty
replaced Silla in 918
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Songak
- Koryo capital
- present day Kaesong
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celadon
porcelain with unusual blue-green glaze
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Yi Song-gye
general who overthrew Mongols and established Choson based on Confucian principles
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Choson dynasty
- last and longest lived of Korea's 3 dynasties
- Yi dynasty
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King Sejong
Korea's most celebrated ruler who replaced complex Chinese system of writing
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hangul
Korean phonetic alphabet that uses symbols to represent sounds of spoken Korean
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literacy rate
percentage of people who can read and write
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Yi Sun-Shin
Korean admiral who used "turtle ships" to sail through Japanese fleets
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