Goryeo
Mongol invasions
- See main article: Mongol invasions of Korea
In 1231, Mongolians under Ögedei Khan invaded Goryeo, as part of a general campaign to conquer China. The royal court moved to Ganghwa Island in the Bay of Gyeonggi, in 1232. The military ruler of the time Choe Chung-heon (최충헌, 崔忠獻) insisted on fighting back. Goryeo resisted for decades but finally sued for peace in 1259. Some military officials who refused to surrender formed the Sambyeolcho Rebellion and resisted in the islands off the southern shore of the Korean peninsula. The Goryeo dynasty survived as a tributary ally of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty until King Gongmin took advantage of Zhu Yuanzhang's rebellion, and began to push Mongol forces back.
Fall
In 1388, King U planned a campaign to invade present-day Liaoning of China. King U put the general Yi Seong-gye (later Taejo) in charge, but he stopped at the border and rebelled. Goryeo fell to General Yi In 1392. He then established the Joseon Dynasty.
See also
- The History of the Koryo Dynasty[1](高麗史, the 1st source written in Chinese, the file type is PDF.) Seoul National Univ.
- List_of_Korean_monarchs#Goryeo
- Names of Korea
- List of Korea-related topics
- Korean Pottery: Categorized by Periods
- ^ The official history of Koryo, is printed by woodblock 1580.