Kingdoms of Southeast Asia &

Korea

Prepared By:

Kira Max Mona Victoria

Kingdoms of Southeast Asia & Korea

Located near the southern part of China, smaller kingdoms were culturally influenced by China & India

The Korean peninsula, China’s northeast, includes North Korea and South Korea

Under the influence of China, many small and successful kingdoms arose in Southeast Asia & Korea

The Chinese culture still influences both places today

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Geography: Southeast Asia

River valleys of Southeast Asia glorified and left behind many beautiful monuments

The two main parts include the mainland peninsula & important other islands

The people lived in very warm and humid islands 7 long periods of rain were caused by monsoon rains

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Geography: Southeast Asia (Cont.)

United neither by government or culture, islands were separated by the sea

As time passed a plethora of different people began to settle on the island

It’s control over sea trade routes bought Southeast Asia great political power

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Geography: Southeast Asia (Cont.)

The Strait of Malacca connected the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea.

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- Indian merchant boats first arrived in southeast Asia

by the first century A.D.

- India’s religion , languages, and art

forms are all integrated into

current Asian culture.- Buddhism and

Hinduism made a large impact of their political

shaping of Asia.

- India’s ancient Sanskrit language

became the Asians poetry

basis. Buddha Brahma

- Chinese culture spread southward through migration

and trade.

- Through tribute or direct rule the

Chinese exerted political influence

over some of mainland southeast

Asia.

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- Located in present day Cambodia.

-By 800, an early Khmer king Funan expanded their state

into an empire and monopolized much of the sea

trade between India and China, reaching their peak at

1200.

- Irrigation systems and waterways let them grow three to four crops of rice a

year.

- Angkor Wat, made by the Khmer ruler Angkor to appreciate the Hindu

god Vishnu.

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- The Sailendra dynasty ruled an agricultural

kingdom on the island of Java.

- The Sailendra dynasty was taken over by the Srivijaya

empire. They peaked between the 7th and 13th centuries, and ruled the

Strait of Malacca and other waters around the islands of Sumatra, Borneo and Java.

- The Srivijaya gained their

power by taxing the trade that

passed through its waters.

- The capital Palembang, or Sumatra became a

great center of Buddhist learning where Chinese monks could study as an alternative to traveling to

India.

Sailendra Buddhist Temple at Borobudur

built around 800.

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KOREAN DYNASTIES

The Korean state was founded by a legendary hero named Tan’gun, whose father was a god and the mother was a bear. Another legend says the state was founded by the Chinese Shang Dynasty. These legends show how Koreans were highly influenced by Chinese cultures. Although Koreans created their own traditions, they also adapted the Chinese cultures, blending it in to the Korean native traditions.

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• Clans and tribes controlled parts of Korea•In 108BC, the Chinese Han Empire took over Korea and established a military government and centralized government (Confucianism, Buddhism)• The tribes created three federations in Korea each which ruled three different kingdoms in Korea

• Silla, one of the three federations, defeated the other two kingdoms and defeated the Chinese that had conquered Korea

• Silla built temples and monasteries for Buddha practices

• Silla built sculptures of bronze and stone

• Koreans used the Chinese characters for their writing system

The three rulers of the tree federation kingdoms (from the left, Paekje, Koguryo and Silla)

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The Koryu Dynasty The Koryu Dynasty

Lasted from 935 to 1392.Lasted from 935 to 1392.

Found by Wang Kon.Found by Wang Kon.

Influenced by China.Influenced by China.

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Koryu Dynasty was divided in two.Koryu Dynasty was divided in two. Land aristocracy Land aristocracy Others…including military, commoners, and Others…including military, commoners, and

slaves.slaves.1231, Mongols came to Korea and threatened 1231, Mongols came to Korea and threatened

them in exchange of 20,000 horses, clothes them in exchange of 20,000 horses, clothes for 1 million soldiers, and children to be for 1 million soldiers, and children to be later become slaves.later become slaves.

1392 Koryu dynasty became overthrown1392 Koryu dynasty became overthrownChoson Dynasty took over for 518 years.Choson Dynasty took over for 518 years.

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Koryu Culture Created pottery Milky green glaze Poetry Wrote the national history of Korea Sculptures from Buddishism

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