Dangun (단군; 檀君; ) or Dangun Wanggeom (단군왕검; 檀君王儉; [tan.ɡun waŋ.ɡʌm]) was the legendary founder and god-king of Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom, around present-day Liaoning province in Northeast China and the northern part of the Korean Peninsula.He is said to be the "grandson of heaven" and "son of a bear", and to have founded the kingdom in 2333 BC.

Korean mythology (Korean: 한국 신화; Hanja: 韓國神話 Han'guk sinhwa) is the group of myths told by historical and modern Koreans.There are two types: the written, literary mythology in traditional histories, mostly about the founding monarchs of various historical kingdoms, and the much larger and more diverse oral mythology, mostly narratives sung by shamans or …

形(형), 品勢(품새), no Hanja for 틀. Revised Romanization: hyeong, pumsae, teul: McCune–Reischauer: The Korean terms hyeong, pumsae, poomsae and teul (meaning "form" or "pattern") are all used to refer to martial arts forms that are typically used in Korean martial arts such as Taekwondo and Tang Soo Do.. Hyeong is often romanized as hyung.This term is …

Geological prehistory. Geological prehistory is the most ancient part of Korea's past. The oldest rocks in Korea date to the Precambrian. [citation needed] The Yeoncheon System corresponds to the Precambrian and is distributed around Seoul extending out to Yeoncheon-gun in a northeasterly direction.It is divided into upper and lower parts and is composed of biotite-quartz …

Im Jahr 1491 beginnt die Belagerung von Granada durch die katholischen Könige Ferdinand II. und Isabella I., mit der die Eroberung des Königreiches Granada und damit die Reconquista in Spanien Anfang des nächsten Jahres erfolgreich abgeschlossen wird.. Im Nachbarland Portugal bedeutet der Tod des mit einer spanischen Prinzessin verheirateten Infanten Alfons das Ende …

Korea dimulai dengan pembentukan Joseon (atau lebih sering disebut dengan Gojoseon untuk menghindari persamaan nama dengan Dinasti Joseon pada abad ke 14) pada 2333 SM oleh Dangun. Gojoseon berkembang hingga bagian utara Korea dan Manchuria.Setelah beberapa kali berperang dengan Dinasti Han Gojoseon mulai mengalami disintegrasi.

Le passage du calendrier julien au calendrier grégorien, promulgué par le pape Grégoire XIII en février 1582, a eu lieu dans un court délai, souvent moins d'un an, dans la plupart des pays catholiques ; en revanche, les pays protestants comme les pays orthodoxes ont ignoré ou refusé cette réforme, du fait qu'ils récusaient l'autorité religieuse du pape, a fortiori, les pays non ...

Malay name; Malay: Singa-Laut: Tamil name; Tamil: மெர்லயன்: The Merlion (/ ˈ m ɜːr ˌ l aɪ ə n /) is the official mascot of Singapore.It is depicted as a mythical creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish.Being of prominent symbolic nature to Singapore and Singaporeans in general, it is widely used to represent both the city state and its people in sports ...

The Juche calendar, named after the Juche ideology, is the system of year-numbering used in North Korea.. The Juche calendar begins with the birth of Kim Il-sung, the founder of North Korea.His birth year, 1912 in the Gregorian calendar, became "Juche 1" in the Juche calendar. The calendar was adopted in 1997, three years after the death of Kim Il-sung

The Korean Demilitarized Zone (Korean: 한반도 비무장 지대 / 韓半島非武裝地帶; Hanbando Bimujang Jidae) is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula near the 38th parallel north.The demilitarized zone (DMZ) is a border barrier that divides the peninsula roughly in half. It was established to serve as a buffer zone between the countries of North Korea and South …