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Date c. 57 BCE - 558
Location Gwangju • Liaodong Peninsula • Korea

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the three ancient Korean kingdoms
Ancient Korean burial sites from the Silla and Unified Silla kingdoms
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Unified Silla DynastyRenaissanceMiddle AgesVictorian eraReign of TerrorGilded AgeReconstructionThree KingdomsTokugawa periodElizabethan AgeWarring States
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