Ancient Southeast Asian Civilization From Cambodiatravel.com - http//www.cambodia-travel.com/khmer-civilization.htm. From UC Berkeley - http//ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~korea/ancient.html. http://www.archaeolink.com/ancient southeast asian civilizations.htm
Extractions: South East Asia - Home Cambodia General Resources Korea ... Viet Nam The Etruscan section which was found on this page as a "tag on" beneath south East Asia sections, where it didn't really belong, has been moved to a page of its own. Etruscan Civilization Cambodia Ancient Khmers Good general overview of Khmer civilization. - photos, history - From Pacific University - http://mcel.pacificu.edu/as/students/khmer/index.html Cambodian History Essay about Cambodian history. Information is about ancient Cambodia with only the last paragraph dedicated to the 20th century. - From Dr. Sam-Ang Sam - http://research.umbc.edu/eol/cambodia/histcamb.htm Cambodia's Ancient Temple City of Angor Wat Photos and a history of the Cambodian city of Angor Wat. - photos and other illustrations - From Vets With a Mission - http://www.vwam.com/vets/angkor/angor1.htm About the ancient Indochinese civilization of the Khmer from the pre-Angkor era to its fall. - illustrated = From Cambodia-travel.com - http://www.cambodia-travel.com/khmer-civilization.htm
Myths And Legends Of Ancient Korea korea civilization PREINCA CIVILIZATON - DIETIES - VIRACOCHA TIAHUANACO AND THE DELUGE INCA CIVILIZATON LAKE TITICACA MACHU PICCHU - INCA TRAIL NAZCA LINES TIAHUANACO ancient http://violet.berkeley.edu/~korea/legends.html
Extractions: This page is concerned with themes and motifs in the founding legends of ancient Korea. SHE-BEAR The she-bear in the Legend of Tangun represents endurance for undergoing the trial in the dark cave. She is contrasted with the tiger TIGER The tiger in the Legend of Tangun , unable to endure the trial in the cave and acheive humanity, represents the untamed forces of nature. EGG A recurrent motif in the founding legends of the three kingdoms. The egg descends from heaven or is born of a woman miraculously impregnated by the sun . It is worshipped, or feared and abandoned. See episodes in ; in ; in The Legend of King T'arhae SUN Among the natural objects such as mountains, rivers, and trees which were accorded status as divinities in the animistic religion of the early occupants of Korea, the sun is foremost. Sun worship is demonstrated by the many examples of mythical birth from eggs after impregnation by the sun. See episodes in ; in ; in TRICKERY Trickery figures significantly in many legends of ancient Korea. See episodes in
New Relics Of "River Taedong Civilization" Found In Pyongyang History Society had made intensive researches in the primitive civilization and relicsand remains of the period of Tangun and ancient korea, discovered along http://www.korea-np.co.jp/pk/156th_issue/2001022107.htm
Extractions: New Relics of "River Taedong Civilization" Found in Pyongyang Photo shows a site of a village (the period from the Neolithic era to ancient Korea) discovered in Richon-ri, Sungho district, Pyongyang. PYONGYANG, February 1 (KCNA) More relics have been recently discovered in different parts of Pyongyang. Earthen walls dating back to ancient Korea were unearthed in Kwangdok-ri, Samsok district in the northern suburbs of Pyongyang. It is believed that there may be only earthen walls dating back to Koryo dynasty. But this time, stratum of walls dating back to ancient Korea has been discovered there. Pieces of the mouth and body of a top vessel and stone ax, relics of ancient Korea, were unearthed in the 1,053 metre-long lower stratum of the walls belonging to Koryo dynasty. Photo shows an earthenware vessel of the period from the Neolithic era to ancient Korea, unearthed in a newly discovered site of an ancient village. Also unearthed inside the walls were sites of two houses 50 cm below the surface of the earth. Stone ax, stone arrowhead, stone dagger as well as at least 50 pieces of top vessels were found in the site of an oval semi-dugout 6.8 metres long on its eastern-western side and 3.4 metres wide on its northern-southern side and in the site of a house which was so badly destroyed that only its eastern part remains.
Extractions: The Korean Peninsula extends for about 1,000 kilometers southward from the northeast part of the Asian continent and consists of the Korean Peninsula and over 3,400 islands. The peninsula and all of its associated islands lie between 33¡ÆN and 43¡ÆN parallels and 124¡ÆE and 132¡ÆE meridians. The northernmost point is Yupojin in Onsong-gun, North Hamgyong Province, and the southernmost point is Marado Island, Cheju Province. The westernmost point is Maando Island in Yongchon-gun, North Pyongan Province, and the easternmost is Tokdo Islets in Ullunggun, North Kyongsang Province. The standard meridian of the peninsula is 135¡ÆE, so Seoul local time is nine hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time. The Amnok (Yalu) River and the Tuman (Tumen) River border both China and Russia to the north and Japan is just across the East Sea. Since 1945, as a byproduct of the Cold War, the peninsula has been divided at the 38th parallel into the Republic of Korea, or South Korea, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, more commonly known as North Korea. Lacking formidable land or sea barriers along its borders and occupying a central position among East Asian nations, the Korean Peninsula has served as a cultural bridge between the mainland and the Japanese archipelago. Korea contributed greatly to the development of Japan by transmitting both Indian Buddhist and Chinese Confucian culture, art, and religion.
Extractions: How to earn a Korean man's heart at the table... Please Support our Sponsor The Republic of Korea (South Korea) shares borders to the north with the demilitarised zone (separating it from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea), to the east with the East Sea, to the south with the Korea Strait (separating it from Japan) and to the west with the Yellow Sea. There are many islands, bays and peninsulas in the Korea Strait. The volcanic island of Cheju do lies off the southwest coast. Most of the country consists of hills and mountains and the 30% of flat plain contains the majority of the population and cultivation. Most rivers rise in the mountains to the east, flowing west and south to the Yellow Sea. The Naktong River flows into the Korea Strait near the southern port of Pusan. The eastern coast is rocky and steep with mountains rising from the sea. . Ouick Facts
Asian Links - China, Japan, Korea, & India Asia India (includes China, Japan , korea and Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam ancientWorld Cultures China - one of the best ancient civilization sites on http://killeenroos.com/link/asia.htm
Extractions: Art of China HomePage/Zodiac Art - many articles on Batik (intor to how to etc..), tie dying from India, facial make up in chinese operas. Products from Good Orient Ancient Contacts Between India And Greece @ The Aryan Pages Art - Cinese by dynasties Beijing - maps, Forbidden City very complete Biomedicine - History of -includes both Asian and Indian sites Boxer Rebellion China - China Special - CNN very interactive has timeline, maps, games, rulers, Quotes of Mao, 1800s in China - "The Open Door" great actual photographs plus text 50the Anniversay - predictions for the future Art of War - Sun Tzu's Ancient Chinese Dynasties - Zhou art - Five dynasties during feudal period Astrology Boxer Rebellion Calendar Classical Art ... Calligraphy - thinkquest very detailed about how to write, the shape of the letters, how to make numbers
About The Republic Of Korea The river also played a significant part in the development of korea's ancient civilization. http://www.impactconsulting.com/koreaemb/koreainf.html
Academics ancient korea. Topics include introduction to prehistory, birth and developmentof three ancient states and the foundation of korean people and civilization. http://www.sejong.edu/022_under/history.html
Extractions: History History is one of the most important basic sciences that deals with the past of mankind. We can diagnose the present and predict the future based on a clear understanding of the past. The department offers four major areas: Korean History, Asian History, Western History and Archaeology. Each program is designed to provide students with an opportunity to study subject matters and problematic issues in a comparative context of time and space. Historians borrow methods and ideas from a wide range of fields in the humanities and social sciences and integrate them to describe or explain a particular time period or topic in history.
Extractions: Writing and education When the Spanish began to colonize the Philippine islands the culture and technology was by no means that far behind most other areas of the world. Indeed, in many areas the Filipinos were quite advanced. The metal smith, Panday Piray of Pampanga, was so skilled at weapons making and other types of metal working that the Spanish entrusted him with opening the first Spanish artillery foundry in the country. The Spanish found that the Filipinos made their own small arquebuses, or portable cannons, usually made of bronze. Larger cannons made of iron and resembling culverins provided heavier firepower. The iron cannon at Raha Soliman's house was about 17 feet long and was made from clay and wax moulds. The most fearsome weapon though was the famed lantaka , or swivel gun. Unlike the Spanish cannons these guns were placed on flexible swivels that allowed the gunner to quickly track a moving target. The lantakas of the Moros gave the Spanish so much trouble that they always included native ships, like the karakoa, equipped with lantakas to counter the Moro weapons. The most impressive lantakas had two revolving barrels. These were eventually exported to South America, and may have become the precursor of the Gatling gun. Piray started a tradition of high quality metal casting that lasted for centuries in many parts of the Philippines. Many individuals with surnames like Piray, Viray, etc., may have ancestors who were members of the guilds of smiths who followed the Piray lineage. The metal work involving authentic native swords was also of the highest quality. Unfortunately, this fell into disuse among most of the lowlanders of the North. However, the Muslims and animists of the South continued to make very fine kampilans, krisses, etc., that can take many years of work to complete. Sword makers were also astrologers who waited for auspicious conjunctions of planets before proceeding with each elaborate phase of the sword making ritual. The passage of the sword from the maker to the owner was a very mystical ceremony, replete with all types of supernatural beliefs. A well-made
China / Korea / Japan - The Ancient Repertorium ancient Sichuan Treasures from a Lost civilization ancient Sichuan Treasuresfrom a Lost civilization Made in China Ideas and Inventions from ancient http://www.repertorium.net/asia/far_east.php
Ancient Korea As human civilization advanced in korea, an agricultural society graduallyemerged. ancient koreans, who had originally lived around Mt. http://tkdtutor.com/02Taekwondo/TKDHistory/04Ancient.htm
Extractions: The Paleolithic Age in Korean history indicates that human inhabitants were present on the Korean peninsula half a million years ago, although they are not thought to be the direct ancestors of Koreans. These ancient people were pushed out of Korea into Japan and Siberia by a migrating group at the start of the Neolithic age. Paleolithic people were a hunting and gathering people. Archeological evidence shows they hunted rhinoceros, cave bears, brown bears, hyena, and deer. Cave paintings of these animals indicate that written communication and art were capabilities of Paleolithic people. Between 6,000 and 4,000 BC, tribes of Tungusic people migrated into the Korean peninsula from Central Asia and the Altaic mountain region. These people were of the Neolithic Age and are thought to be the direct ancestors of Korean people. Neolithic people in Korea began as a hunting gathers but by 2,000 BC they were living in an agrarian society. They lived in pit dwellings, started to weave, began to sew with bone needles, and were capable of very detailed painting on their pottery. They believed in Animism (worship of animals) and thought all natural objects had spirits. Shamanism (spirit worship) was prevalent among these people as it was elsewhere in Asia during this time period. Shamans were believed to have supernatural healing power and the ability to contact spirits to protect family and community from evil spirits.
Ronald Clayton: admired. I knew korea to be an ancient civilization which has survivedmany human conflicts over it's five thousand years of history. I http://home.att.net/~dan.gwendajay/claytontext.html
Extractions: Ronald Clayton: Reflections on recent travels in Korea Two years ago, I read a book by the art historian Simon Schama titled "Landscape and Memory" . This book is a meditation on the conflict between man and nature throughout western history. Schama leads his readers on a poignant but futile pilgrimage all over the western world looking for just one view of nature as it might have been without man's intervention. In the end the nature he reveals most clearly is human nature. Because the conflicts which define history are of course, all too human, nature is at most a passive witness to, and often a victim of human conflict. Schama's book seemed to validate my paintings but as a painter, I have a certain advantage... At first I integrated idealized landscapes from my mind's eye and memory into paintings that are otherwise abstract suggestions of industrial interiors. I wanted to set up a tension between the two by playing on the tension between abstract and illusionist pictorial space. Then in 1997 I visited Mexico on vacation. I went to the Yucatan and rediscovered for myself the ruins of Mayan civilization. I had previously spent time in American ruins of the
The Rise And Fall Of A Great And Ancient Civilization The rise and fall of a great and ancient civilization Assyrians rose to power It expandedover the Asian continent from Syria to Mongolia, korea, China, Japan http://www.atour.com/news/assyria/20010604a.html
Extractions: The Assyrians created many ideas and technologies used today, including the first postal system, a sexagesimal system of keeping time, paved roads, magnifying glasses, libraries, plumbing and flush toilets, guitars, aqueducts, laxatives and the use of lock and key. They also created the first boot a calf-high, laced leather boot with a sole reinforced by metal developed for soldiers, who had used open-toe sandals up until then. The Assyrian government also served as a model for future empires, especially the Persian and Roman. Known for its brutal and cruel warriors with well-organized and well-equipped armies, Assyrian rule extended over a vast area between 2,400 BC and 612 BC. Assyrians held power from Egypt to Cyprus in the west, through Anatolia, to the Caspian in the east. In 612 BC, however, the empire collapsed. In the first century, the Assyrians were among the first people to embrace Christianity. Until then, they worshiped their god, Ashur. In 33 AD, the Assyrian Church was founded.
Min JeoungSig's Home Page 11 million residents. The river also played a significant part inthe development of korea's ancient civilization. The Yellow Sea http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Program/2864/aboutkor.html
Extractions: K orea Land People Culture and the Arts of Korea Korean art possesses several distinguishing characteristics that create a unique style of its own. Korean art respects nature, and the extensive use of quiet and subdued colors is manifested in Korean paintings and ceramics. Humor is another characteristic of Korean art. Bold exaggeration, the acceptance of non-symmetrical cubic objects, and unique spatial beauty conveyed by imperfect roundness are examples of humor in Korean art. Quiet harmony may be cited as another characteristic of Korean art. This means that there is no excess, the right materials being selected in scale with the surroundings. With all of these characteristics, the Korean arts have inherited a unique aesthetic sense which depicts beauty with honesty and simplicity that is free of artifice. History of Korea
About The Republic Of Korea including Seoul's 11 million residents. The river also played a significantpart in the development of korea's ancient civilization. http://www.interimpact.com/koreaemb/koreainf.html
EALC E233 1618 Survey Of Korean Civilization Little is known, however, about korea's ancient traditions, unique culture,or important contributions to East Asian and global civilization. http://www.indiana.edu/~deanfac/blfal01/ealc/ealc_e233_1618.html
Extractions: This course is designed to introduce you to the culture, history, and social practices of Korea. For the last half-century the Korean peninsula has been at the vortex of regional and global power conflicts. Little is known, however, about Korea's ancient traditions, unique culture, or important contributions to East Asian and global civilization. This course introduces the Korean people, their historical past, language and literary production, contributions of East Asian intellectual traditions, and its fascinating contemporary history as a divided nation-a product of the mid-twentieth century Cold War. We will also have to examine the remarkable rise of South Korea as an important Asian trading economy and its role in reshaping balance of power in East Asia. The course will use literature, film, historical writing, and contemporary popular cultural artifacts to explore this vibrant and fascinating culture. Course requirements are two examinations and a final.
KOREA AND THE KOREAN PEOPLE The History of korea tribes was accelerated by the Chinese conquest of ancient Chosonin Koguryo and Paekche to spread the seeds of a colorful civilization. http://www.indiana.edu/~easc/korean/1-1.htm
Extractions: Peter Hyun The Land and the People Korea is a peninsula bordering on Manchuria and Rusia to the north, facing China to the West across the Yellow Sea and Japan to the east and south acros the East Sea and the Korea Straits. This peninsula, together with its adjacent islands, covers an area of 221,362 square kilometers. Although historically one country Korea has been divided into two halves since the end of World War II in 1945. The Republic of Korea in the south covers 99,221 square kilometers, making the nation a little more than twice the size of Switzerland. The eastern part of the peninsula is mountainous with several towering mountain ranges and virtually no coastal plain. On the other hand the western part has most of the large rivers and richer alluvial lands. Korea enjoys a temperate climate with four distinct seasons. In the extreme north, however, the winter lasts a full five months and the average temperature inJanuary and February is belcw freezing. In the rest of the country moderately cold dry winters and warm humid summers are the norm. Spring and autumn are particularly pleasant with crisp weather and clear blue skies. The Korean people are believed to be the descendants of several Mongolian tribes which migrated from Central Asia in prehistoric times. Although some historians maintain that a people of proto-Caucasian origin may have reached the Korean peninsula earlier, the Mongolian strain predominated the early Korean population.
Welcome To Korea Now !!!-Society & The Arts the ancient Mesopotamian civilization Looking for the Origin of Art, Science andWriting, call 02-587-0311. By Kim Mi-hui. (C) Copyright 2000 Digital korea http://kn.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2001/01/13/200101130045.asp
Extractions: E ver wonder how people conducted deals in the prehistoric age, say about 5000 B.C.? ¡ã"Eye god" (ca. 4,000-3,200 B.C.) Well, they did everything today's businessmen do, except they did it in stone. They carved a contract defining the terms, cut in their names along with a cosigner, and inscribed the punishment should one side not keep the promise, experts say. Koreans will now have the chance to see such ancient stone contracts, along with countless other treasures from the Paleolithic and Neolithic Age, at a special exhibition on Mesopotamian civilization going on at the Seoul Arts Center through Feb. 13. ¡ãCeremonial bull (1,900-1,700 B.C.) There will be about 720 relics at the show, including a map and a timetable of changes of Mesopotamia, 515 stone tools, 15 amulets used to dispel evil, 80 claystone contracts, 10 animal figurines, statues of gods, ceremonial articles, accessories and more. "Mesopotamia has a very special significance in the history of civilization, and this show will help us understand it better by giving us a close look at its cultural and scholarly products," said Ahn Sung-lim, scholar and curator of the exhibition. ¡ãWoman playing cymbals (2,500-2,000 B.C.)