Collection of facts about Goryeo

This post is a collection of facts about Goryeo (918-1392). There are 14 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Preceded by Later Three Kingdoms period
• Based in Korea
• Founded by Wang Kŏn (Taejo of Goryeo)
• Capital: Kaesong
• Buddhism was the state religion
• Unification of Later Three Kingdoms: Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla (936)
• Goryeo-Khitan War (993-1019)
• Goryeo-Jurchen War (1104-1109)
• Military dictatorship (1170-1270)
• Invaded by the Mongol Empire (1231-1259)
• Vassal state of Yuan dynasty (13th - 14th centuries)
• Red Turban invasions (1359-1360)
• Yi Sŏnggye (Taejo of Joseon) lead coup d'état in 1388
• Seceded by Joseon in 1392

Collection of facts about Joseon

This post is a collection of facts about Joseon (1392-1897). There are 18 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Preceded by Goryeo
• Based in Korea
• Capital: Seoul
• Founded by Taejo of Joseon
• Neo-Confucianism state religion
• Isolationist foreign policy
• First Strife of Princes (1398)
• Treaty of Gyehae with Japan in 1443
• Yeonsangun literati purges (1498-1506)
• Japanese invasions (1592-1598)
• Later Jin dynasty invasion (1627)
• Qing dynasty invasion (1636-1637)
• Kyŏngsin Famine (1695-1696)
• Eulbyeong Famine (1695-1696)
• France invaded Korea in 1866
• Sino-Japanese war fought in Korea (1894-1895)
• Korean Empire established in 1897
• Later became a protectorate of Japan in 1905

Collection of facts about the Ayutthaya Kingdom

This post is a collection of facts about the Ayutthaya Kingdom (1351-1767). There are 11 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Based in Thailand
• Capital: Ayutthaya
• Founded by Uthong
• Formed from a merger of Lavo Kingdom, Suphannabhum and Ayutthaya
• Early maritime dominance in Southeast Asia
• Invaded Angkor in the 1430's
• Ayutthaya-Lan Na War (15th century)
• Fought Toungoo dynasty in multiple wars between 1547 and 1600
• Vassal state of Toungoo Burma from 1569 to 1584
• Golden Age of Ayutthaya (1605-1767)
• Invaded by Konbaung dynasty 1759-1760 and 1765-1767

Collection of facts about the Nguyễn dynasty

This post is a collection of facts about the Nguyễn dynasty (1802-1945). There are 9 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Preceded by the Nguyễn lords and Tây Sơn dynasty
• Based in  Vietnam and expanded into Cambodia and Laos
• Founded by Gia Long
• France invades Vietnam in 1858
• French occupation began in 1862 known as French Cochinchina
• Merged into French Indochina in 1887
• Japanese occupation 1940-1945
• Nguyễn dynasty proclaimed independence in 1945
• August Revolution overthrew puppet state Empire of Vietnam in 1945

Collection of facts about the Konbaung dynasty

This post is a collection of facts about the Konbaung dynasty (1752-1885). There are 10 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Preceeded by the Toungoo dynasty and Restored Hanthawaddy Kingdom
• Ruled Burma (present-day Myanmar)
• Founded by Alaungpaya
• Konbaung-Hanthawaddy War (1752-1757)
• Fought wars against Siam (1759-1855)
• Sino-Burmese War (1765-1769)
• First Anglo-Burmese War (1824-1826)
• Second Anglo-Burmese War (1852-1853)
• Third Anglo-Burmese War (1885)
• Annexed by British Raj in 1885

Collection of facts about the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami

This post is a collection of facts about the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. There are 7 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Occurred December 26th, 2004
• 9.2 - 9.3 earthquake west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia
• Strongest earthquake ever recorded in Asia
• Epicenter Aceh province, Indonesia
• Tsunami waves up to 30 meters high
• 14 countries affected including Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Somalia, Maldives, Myanmar and Malaysia
• Estimated 227,898 deaths

List of Mongol Empire khanates

This post is a list of Mongol Empire (1206-1368) khanates. There are 4 khanates listed below alphabetically.

• Chagatai Khanate (1227-1347)
• Golden Horde (c. 1225-1502)
• Ilkhanate (1256-1335)
• Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)

Sources

Wikipedia: Chagatai Khanate, Golden Horde, Ilkhanate, Yuan dynasty