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ID: 7002208 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7002208			Record Type: physical

Korean Peninsula (peninsula)

Note: Peninsula jutting out from northeastern China, between the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea, comprising most of the historical country of Korea, now divided between North and South Korea; home to several important kingdoms dating from 57 BCE until it was conquered by Mongols 13th century.

Names:

Korean Peninsula (preferred,C,O,English-P,U,N)

Chosŏn (H,V)

Taehan (H,V)

Hanguk (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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Asia (continent) (P)

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Korean Peninsula (peninsula) (P)

Place Types:

peninsula (preferred, C)
inhabited region (C)	............	by Paleolithic period

Sources and Contributors:

Chosŏn..........	[VP]
.................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 958

Hanguk..........	[VP]
.................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 958

Korean Peninsula..........	[VP Preferred]
.............................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 958

Taehan..........	[VP]
.................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 958

Subject: .....	[VP]
..................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 958


Note:
English	..........	[VP]
	..........	Grove Art Online (2008-)

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