History of the northeastern part of Asia, regions including : Korea, Japan and Mandchuria
Gaya (가야; 加耶, 伽耶, 伽倻), also known as Garak (가락; 駕洛, 迦落), Gara (가라; 加羅, 伽羅, 迦羅, 柯羅), Garyang(가량,加良), or Guya (구야, 狗耶) was a confederacy of chiefdoms that existed in the Three Kingdoms era in ancient Korea . Gaya is thought to have arisen from a more ancient...
The Toi invasion (Japanese:刀伊の入寇 toi no nyūkō) was the invasion of northern Kyushu by Jurchen pirates in 1019 . Toi (되, doe) means barbarian in Korean . Sailing in about 50 ships from direction of Goryeo , the Toi pirates assaulted Iki , Tsushima and...
The Ainu (a word meaning "human" in the Ainu language ; Ezo, or Yezo, (蝦夷) in old Japanese ; Utari now preferred by some members) are an ethnic group indigenous to Hokkaido , the northern part of Honshu in Northern Japan, the Kurile Islands , much of...
VLADIVOSTOK and the FAR EAST PROVINCE The extreme southeast corner of Siberia, where it curves past the Amur River and down to the Golden Horn and the edge of Korea. Previous to Russian annexation, this region was in the hands of Manchuria and local tribal...
Sambyeolcho Rebellion 삼별초의 난 三別抄-亂 The Sambyeolcho Rebellion ( 1270 - 1273 ) was a Korean rebellion against the Goryeo Dynasty during the Mongol invasion. Unlike other rebels, Sambyeolcho had assumed the reins of Goryeo government before the rebellion....
