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ID: 8698258
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8698258
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Koryŏ (former nation/state/empire)  Koryŏ (former nation/state/empire)

Coordinates:
Lat: 38 00 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 38.0000  decimal degrees
Long: 126 37 58 E  degrees minutes   Long: 126.6331  decimal degrees

Note: Kingdom with capital at Songdo (present-day Kaesŏng in North Korea). Under its founder, Sŏngjong, a centralized political state replaced the former aristocratic tribal system. Invaded by the Mongols in the 13th century, the kingdom was overthrown by the Chosŏn in 1392.

Names:
Koryŏ (preferred,C,V)
Goryeo (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of South Korea (nation)  ........  South Korea (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Koryŏ (former nation/state/empire)  ............  Koryŏ (former nation/state/empire) (P)

Place Types:
former nation/state/empire (preferred, C)  ............  935-1392
kingdom (H)

Related geographic places:
successor of ....  Koguryŏ .......... (former nation/state/empire)
......................  (World, Asia) [6003133]

Sources and Contributors:
Goryeo..........  [VP]
.................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Koryŏ..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 02 November 2016
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 02 November 2016
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 02 November 2016
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 02 November 2016

 

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