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Okjeo
Hangul:
옥저
Hanja:
沃沮
Revised Romanization: Okjeo
McCune-Reischauer: Okchŏ

Okjeo was a small tribal state which arose in the northern Korean peninsula from perhaps 2nd century BC to 5th century AD. Jamo redirects here. ... It has been suggested that Sino-Korean be merged into this article or section. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean (Korean: 국어의 로마자 표기법; 國語의 로마字 表記法) 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. ...


Dong-okjeo (East Okjeo) occupied roughly the area of the Hamgyŏng provinces of North Korea, and Buk-okjeo (North Okjeo) occupied the Duman River region. Dong-okjeo was often simply called Okjeo, while Buk-okjeo was also sometimes referred to as Chiguru (置溝婁, 치구루) or Guru (구루)[citation needed], the latter name being also applied to Goguryeo. Okjeo bordered the other minor state of Dongye on the south, and shared a similar fate. Hamgyŏng (Hamgyŏng-do) was one of the Eight Provinces of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty. ... The Tumen River, also known as the Duman River (in Korean), is a river in northeast Asia, on the border between China and North Korea in its upper reaches, and between North Korea and Russia in its lower stretches. ... Dongye was a state which occupied portions of the northeastern Korean peninsula from roughly 150 BCE to around 400 CE. It bordered Goguryeo and Okjeo to the north, Jinhan to the south, and Chinas Lelang Commandery to the west. ...

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Gojoseon, Jin
Proto-Three Kingdoms:
 Buyeo, Okjeo, Dongye
 Samhan (Ma, Byeon, Jin)
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North, South Korea Image File history File links Korea_unified_vertical. ... This article is about the history of Korea, through the division of Korea in 1945. ... Gojoseon was an ancient Korean kingdom. ... Jin was an early Iron Age state which occupied some portion of the southern Korean peninsula during the 2nd and 3rd centuries BCE, bordering the Korean kingdom Gojoseon to the north. ... Proto-Three Kingdoms of Korea (원삼국시대, 原三國時代) refers to the period after the fall of Gojoseon and before the maturation of Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla into full-fledged kingdoms. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Dongye was a state which occupied portions of the northeastern Korean peninsula from roughly 150 BCE to around 400 CE. It bordered Goguryeo and Okjeo to the north, Jinhan to the south, and Chinas Lelang Commandery to the west. ... During the Samhan period, the three confederacies of Mahan, Jinhan, and Byeonhan dominated the southern portion of the Korean peninsula. ... 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. ... 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. ... The Three Kingdoms of Korea were Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla, which dominated the Korean peninsula and parts of northeastern China for much of the 1st millennium CE. 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History

In its early history, Okjeo oscillated between domination by the Chinese commanderies and by Goguryeo. [1] From the 3rd century BCE to 108 BCE, it was controlled by Gojoseon [1] Due to the constant interference of its neighbors, Okjeo never grew into a fully centralized kingdom. Gojoseon was an ancient Korean kingdom. ...


In the 1st or 2nd century CE, King Taejo of Goguryeo reduced Okjeo to a tributary, which delivered local products to Goguryeo. During the 244 Wei Invasion of Goguryeo, Goguryeo’s King Dongcheon briefly retreated to North Okjeo, and in 285, the Buyeo court also temporarily escaped to Okjeo under northern nomadic attacks. King Taejo of Goguryeo (47 - 165, r. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...


In early 5th century, Okjeo was completely conquered by Gwanggaeto Taewang. King Gwanggaeto the Great of Goguryeo (374-413, r. ...


Language and culture

Our knowledge of Okjeo culture is fragmentary. As with the Dongye, Okjeo language, food, clothing, architecture, and customs were similar to that of Goguryeo. The Okjeo people practiced arranged marriage by which the child-bride lived with the child-groom's family until adulthood, and they interred the dead of a family in a single coffin. Three Kingdoms of Korea, at the end of the 5th century (the northern and western borders of Goguryeo are extended in some maps). ...


Notes

  1. ^ Byeon 1999, p. 49.

References

Byeon Tae-seop (변태섭) (1999). 韓國史通論 (Hanguksa tongnon) (Outline of Korean history), 4th ed.. ISBN 89-445-9101-6. 


Lee, K. (1984). A new history of korea. Tr. by E.W. Wagner & E.J. Schulz, based on the 1979 Korean ed. Seoul: Iljogak. ISBN 89-337-0204-0


See also


  Results from FactBites:
 
Okjeo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (277 words)
Okjeo was a small tribal state which arose in northern Korean peninsula from perhaps 2nd century BC to 5th century AD.
Dong-okjeo (East Okjeo) occupied roughly the area of the Hamgyŏng provinces of North Korea, and Buk-okjeo (North Okjeo) occupied the Duman River region.
Okjeo bordered the other minor state of Dongye on the south, and shared a similar fate.
Okjeo - definition of Okjeo in Encyclopedia (270 words)
Okjeo was a small tribal state which arose on the East Sea coast very early in the Common Era.
Both Okjeo and Dongye were later absorbed by Goguryeo.
Among the things we do know are that the Okjeo people interred the dead of a family in a single coffin, that they practiced arranged marriage by which the child-bride lived with the child-groom's family until adulthood, and that their political system did not include a monarch.
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