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? To Korean Readers: How can we talk about Korean history to non-Korean readers? ? To non-Korean Readers: Who Read This Book : Hoping to get closer to each other through Korean history ? Prologue - Korean and Koreans, Who are they? I. The Beginning of the Korean History - B.C. 500000~B.C. 1C ? Korea in the World, The World in Korea: Prehistoric Culture of the Korean Peninsula, and the Historic Periods 1. Since When Did the Existence of Man Begin on the Korean Peninsula? 2. Koreans Found Gojoseon: the First Kingdom of the Korean Peninsula 3. Developments of Several Ancient Kingdoms, in the South and North of the Korean Peninsula ? Historical Sites: The Largest Dolmen Kingdom in the World ? Life and Culture: Ritual Ceremony to God II. The Beginning of the Three Kingdoms Period - B.C. 1C~A.D. 700 ? Korea in the World, The World in Korea: Formation of the East Asian Culture Block 1. The Foundation fo the Three Kingdoms: Goguryeo, Baekje, and Shilla 2. Competitions Become Intense Among the Three Kingdoms ? Historical Sites: Ancient Tombs and Murals; Meeting the Goguryeo People 1,600 Years Ago 3. Goguryeo’s Defeat of Successive Invasions of Sui and Tang 4. A Variety of Flourishing Cultures due to the Expansion of Trades ? Life and Culture: Bab and Gimchi, Stories of the Korean Dining Table III. Unified Shilla and Balhae in the South and North - 648~926 ? Korea in the World, The World in Korea: People Embarking upon a Journey to the World, and Seokguram 1. Shilla Unites Baekje and Goguryeo 2. The Unified Shilla and Balhae’s Occupying the South and North of the Peninsula 3. The Remarkable Development of a Buddhist Culture ? Historical Sites: Bulguksa, a Temple in the Land of Buddha 4. The Decline of the South and North Kingdoms Era ? Life and Culture: Tile-roofed Houses, Straw-roofed Houses, and Ondol and Wooden Floors IV. Emergence of a United Power Named Goryeo - 900~1135 ? Korea in the World, The World in Korea: The Byeokrannaru Ferry Dock and Gaegyeong, the Imperial Capital of Goryeo 1. Goryeo Unites the Later Three Kingdoms 2. Goryeo Adopts the Civil Service Examination, and Develops a Bureaucratic Ruling System ? Historical Sites