Mahan was a loose confederacy of chiefdoms that existed from around the 1st century BC to the 3rd century CE in the southern Korean peninsula in the Chungcheong Province. Mahan was one of the Samhan (or "Three Hans"), along with Byeonhan and Jinhan. Baekje began as a member statelet, but later overtook all of Mahan and became one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. Hangul is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the hanja system borrowed from China. ... Hanja, or hanmun, sometimes translated as Sino-Korean characters, are what Chinese characters (hanzi) are called in Korean. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... The Korean Peninsula is a peninsula in East Asia. ... Chungcheong (Chungcheong-do) was one of the eight provinces of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty. ... During the Samhan period, the three confederacies of Mahan, Jinhan, and Byeonhan dominated the southern portion of the Korean peninsula. ... Byeonhan, also known as Byeonjin (변진, 弁辰), was a loose confederacy of chiefdoms that existed from around the beginning of the Common Era to the 4th century CE in the southern Korean peninsula, in the south and west of the Nakdong River valley. ... Jinhan was a loose confederacy of chiefdoms that existed from around the 1st century BC to the 4th century CE in the southern Korean peninsula, to the east of the Nakdong River valley, Gyeongsang Province. ... Baekje was a kingdom that existed in southwestern Korea from 18 BCE to 660 CE. Together with Goguryeo and Silla, Baekje is known as one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. ... The Three Kingdoms of Korea were Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla, which dominated the Korean peninsula and parts of Manchuria for much of the 1st millennium CE. The Three Kingdoms period in Korea is usually considered to run from the 1st century BCE until Sillas triumph over Goguryeo in 668...

Mahan, like the other Samhan confederacies, arose out of the confusion and migration following the fall of Gojoseon and establishment of the Chinese commanderies in the northern part of the Korean peninsula in 108 BC. It is described in the Chinese chronicle San Guo Zhi and the much later Korean chronicles Samguk Yusa and Samguk Sagi. Gojoseon (ancient Joseon, to distinguish from the later Joseon Dynasty) was the first Korean kingdom. ... Commandry (British English), or commandery (American English), was the smallest division of the European landed estate or manor under the control of a commendator, or commander, of an order of knights. ... The Korean Peninsula is a peninsula in East Asia. ... The Sānguó Zhì (Chinese 三國志, or 三國誌), variously translated as Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Records of the Three States and Records of the Three Kingdoms was the official and authoritative historical text compiled by Chen Shou during the Chinese Jin Dynasty (265-420) on the period of the Three... Samguk Yusa, or Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms, is a collection of legends, folktales, and historical accounts relating to the Three Kingdoms of Korea (Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla), as well as to other periods and states before, during, and after the Three Kingdoms period. ... We dont have an article called Samguk sagi Start this article Search for Samguk sagi in. ...

Mahan kings originally called themselves "King of Jin," referring to the earlier Jin (Korean history) state of southern Korea and asserting nominal sovereignty over all of Samhan. Mahan probably developed from the existing bronze society of 3rd to 2nd centuries BC, continuing to absorb migration from the north in subsequent centuries. Jin was an early Iron Age state which occupied some portion of the southern Korean peninsula during the 2nd and 3rd centuries BCE, at the time when Wiman Joseon occupied the peninsula’s northern half. ...

A wealth of bronze artifacts and production facilities indicate that Mahan was probably the earliest developed of the three Hans. At its height, Mahan covered much of the Han River Basin and the modern-day provinces of Gyeonggi, Chungcheong, and Jeolla, although political unity was strongest in Chungcheong, led by the Mokji (목지국, 目支國). Korean kingdoms are listed in the order of their fall. ... The Han River located in South Korea, is the confluence of the South Han River, which originates in Mount Daedeok-san, and the North Han, which originates in Mount Geumgang-san. ... Gyeonggi is the most populous province in South Korea. ... Chungcheong (Chungcheong-do) was one of the eight provinces of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty. ... Jeolla (Jeolla-do) was one of the eight provinces of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty. ...

In the first and second centuries AD, with the transition to iron culture, the focus of power shifted from Mokji to Baekje in the Han River region. Baekje eventually absorbed or conquered all of Mahan by the 3rd century, growing into one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, along with Silla and Goguryeo. The 1st century was that century which lasted from 1 AD to 100 AD, or from 0 to 99 in a more scientific notation (using a year zero), as in astronomical year numbering. ... // Events Roman Empire governed by the Five Good Emperors (96–180) – Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius. ... Baekje was a kingdom that existed in southwestern Korea from 18 BCE to 660 CE. Together with Goguryeo and Silla, Baekje is known as one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. ... The Three Kingdoms of Korea were Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla, which dominated the Korean peninsula and parts of Manchuria for much of the 1st millennium CE. The Three Kingdoms period in Korea is usually considered to run from the 1st century BCE until Sillas triumph over Goguryeo in 668... Silla (also denoted as Shilla) was one of the three kingdoms of ancient Korea. ... Goguryeo (37 BC-668) was an empire in Manchuria and northern Korea. ...

According to the San Guo Zhi , Mahan consisted of 54 statelets of up to ten thousand families each:

• Gamhae (감해국, 感奚國)
• Gamhaebiri (감해비리국, 監奚卑離國)
• Geonma (건마국, 乾馬國)
• Gorap (고랍국, 古臘國)
• Gori (고리국, 古離國)
• Gobiri (고비리국, 古卑離國)
• Gowon (고원국, 古爰國)
• Gotanja (고탄자국, 古誕者國)
• Gopo (고포국, 古蒲國)
• Guro (구로국, 狗盧國)
• Gusaodan (구사오단국, 臼斯烏旦國)
• Guso (구소국, 狗素國)
• Guhae (구해국, 狗奚國)
• Naebiri (내비리국, 內卑離國)
• Noram (노람국, 怒藍國)
• Daeseoksak (대석삭국, 大石索國)
• Makro (막로국, 莫盧國)
• Manro (만로국, 萬盧國)
• Morobiri (모로비리국, 牟盧卑離國)
• Mosu (모수국, 牟水國)
• Mokji (목지국, 目支國)
• Baekje (백제국, 伯濟國)
• Byeokbiri (벽비리국, 辟卑離國)
• Bulmi (불미국, 不彌國)
• Bulsabunsa (불사분사국, 不斯濆邪國)
• Bulun (불운국, 不雲國)
• Biri (비리국, 卑離國)
• Bimi (비미국, 卑彌國)
• Saro (사로국, 駟盧國) Not to be confused with Saro in Jinhan confederacy; different Hanja)
• Sangoe (상외국, 桑外國)
• Soseoksak (소석삭국, 小石索國)
• Sowigeon (소위건국, 素謂乾國)
• Sokrobulsa (속로불사국, 速盧不斯國)
• Sinbulhwal (신분활국, 臣濆活國)
• Sinsodo (신소도국, 臣蘇塗國)
• Sinwunsin (신운신국, 臣雲新國)
• Sinheun (신흔국, 臣國)
• Arim (아림국, 兒林國)
• Yeoraebiri (여래비리국, 如來卑離國)
• Yeomro (염로국, 冉路國)
• Wuhyumotak (우휴모탁국, 優休牟涿國)
• Wonyang (원양국, 爰襄國)
• Wonji (원지국, 爰池國)
• Ilnan (일난국, 一難國)
• Ilri (일리국, 一離國)
• Ilhwa (일화국, 日華國)
• Imsoban (임소반국, 臨素半國)
• Jarimoro (자리모로국, 咨離牟盧國)
• Jiban (지반국, 支半國)
• Jichim (지침국, 支侵國)
• Cheopro (첩로국, 捷盧國)
• Chori (초리국, 楚離國)
• Chosandobiri (초산도비리국, 楚山塗卑離國)
• Chiriguk (치리국국, 致利鞠國)

Baekje was a kingdom that existed in southwestern Korea from 18 BCE to 660 CE. Together with Goguryeo and Silla, Baekje is known as one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. ... Saro can refer to: an abbreviation for the former British aircraft and hovercraft company Saunders-Roe. ... Jinhan was a loose confederacy of chiefdoms that existed from around the 1st century BC to the 4th century CE in the southern Korean peninsula, to the east of the Nakdong River valley, Gyeongsang Province. ... Hanja, or hanmun, sometimes translated as Sino-Korean characters, are what Chinese characters (hanzi) are called in Korean. ...

See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• History of Korea