RELG 253 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Bone Rank System, Ganghwado, Yuan Dynasty
17 Mar 2016
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1232- 70 : court flees to kanghwa island. Leaves to save what it can of the koryo dynasty. Accept authority of the mongol; pledge alliance. 1274, 1281: mongols attempt the invasion of japan both not successful. Not successful because of the bad weather. To send the most beautiful women as a tribute ; earlier and earlier (child marriages) How it was handles; economy is lead by land. No economy growth; all the elite owned the land. Combination of the bone rank system and the confucian system. 0 social mobility you are born into your social level. Want their clan to dominate and make it the ruling power. Invasion by khitans, jurched, mongols (nomadic tribes) Each times there is an invasion, the government breaks down. General yi end of koryo and beginning of joseon. Staged a coup d" tat in 1389 take over. Installed as king of joseon dynasty in 1392. Taejo the great ancestor (just a name)
