[KS] Re: Korean History time line

[Don Baker]

Junghee Lee asked:
>Thank you for your message.
>Would that be proto-kingdoms or proto Three-Kingdoms period? 0-300 C.E.
>In Korean it is Won samguk sidae.

You're right, it probably should be proto Three-Kingdoms, but
now that some historians are starting to call Kaya a fourth kingdom,
maybe we should think about using the term proto-kingdoms.
(I am not yet convinced that Kaya was actually a kingdom instead of a
tribal federation, but I haven't examined all the recently uncovered
evidence
yet.)

Don Baker
Canada-Korea Business Council Chair
in Korean Studies
University of British Columbia




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