[KS] inquiry of Koryo period during the Yuan period

[epa at sas.upenn.edu]

Dear Junghee,

I assume that you're familiar with the nature of Koryo-Yuan relations.  
As far as the maps go, every U.S.-produced maps showing the  
Mongol/Yuan empire seems to show Koryo simply as a part of the empire.  
It's something I remember noticing in the early 1980's when I was a  
kid who had just arrived from South Korea, and I have detected no  
change over the years. It's interesting to note that the Russian  
principalities that were submitting tributes to the Mongols/Golden  
Horde usually turn up "shaded" on American-made historical maps--thus  
giving the viewer an impression that the entities were nominally  
autonomous but practically parts of the empire.

Regards,
Gene

"Dr. Junghee Lee" <dilj at pdx.edu> wrote:

> Dear members,
>
> I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art yesterday and saw the  
> Kubhlai Khan exhibition.  The map of Yuan dynasty in the exhibition  
> shows that there was no Koryo dynasty and Yuan dynasty territory  
> extends to the Korean peninsula.  Koryo was no where seen.  Is this  
> correct? Best wishes,
>
> Junghee Lee
>
>



-- 
Eugene Y. Park
Korea Foundation Associate Professor of History
Director, Korean Studies Program
University of Pennsylvania