World History › Section D · Ancient Asia › Topic D.3
Early Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia
On China's eastern and southern edges, peoples of a peninsula, an archipelago and a world of rivers and islands borrowed writing, Buddhism and statecraft from their neighbours, then reshaped them into traditions of their own.
In this topic
- Neighbours who chose what to borrow
- Early Korea and the Han commanderies
- The Three Kingdoms
- Worked example: reading the Gwanggaeto stele
- Silla unites the peninsula
- Jōmon and Yayoi Japan
- Himiko and the Yamato kings
- Southeast Asia: rice, bronze and the sea
- Ports, kings and Indian ideas
- Worked example: the Trung sisters in history and memory
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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