North Korea Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About North Korea
Archaeological finds of prehistoric toolmaking on the Korean Peninsula date back to 70,000BC with the first pottery found around 8000 BC. Comb-pattern pottery culture peaked around 3500-2000BC. Legend has it that Korea began with the founding of Gojoseon (also calledAncient Chosun) by the legendary Dangun in 2333BC. Archeological and contemporaneous written records of Gojoseon as a kingdom date back to around 7th-4th century BC. Gojoseon was eventually defeated by the Chinese Han Dynasty in 108 BC and its territories were governed by four Chinese commanderies, but this did not last long. Natives of the peninsula and Manchuria soon reclaimed the territory, namely the Three Kingdoms of Korea, Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje. TheGoguryeo Kingdom(or Koguryo) ruled the entire area of modern North
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