WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Korea began as ____
A
three separate kingdoms.
B
ten khanates.
C
a Buddhist mission
D
a Yamato colony.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The “Korean Three Kingdoms” (Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla ) contributed to what would become Korea; and the Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla peoples became what we know as the Korean people.

Detailed explanation-2: -From the 1st century BC, Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla grew to control the peninsula and Manchuria as the Three Kingdoms of Korea (57 BC–668 AD), until unification by Silla in 676.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Three Kingdoms of Korea | Unification under Silla Silla launched attacks on the Chinese in the following years defeating them in the north despite attacks from the Chinese in Silla. The Chinese were eventually driven out of the Korean peninsula by 676 AD resulting in a unification of the Three Kingdoms.

Detailed explanation-4: -Along with the spread of Iron Age culture and the development of farming skills, powerful states such as Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla gradually were established in Manchuria and on the Korean Peninsula. Goguryeo was the first of the three Kingdoms to firmly establish itself as a sovereign country.

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