Geurim: Fine Korean Paintings at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Chronology of Korean History

Neolithic Period (approximately 10,000–1000 B.C.)

Bronze Age (approximately 1000–300 B.C.)

Iron Age (approximately 300 B.C.–A.D. 0)

Three Kingdoms period (57 B.C.–668)
Old Silla kingdom (57 B.C.–668)
Goguryeo kingdom (37 B.C.–668)
Baekje kingdom (18 B.C.–660)
Gaya Federation (42–562)

Unified Silla dynasty (668–935)
Balhae kingdom (698–926)

Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)

Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

Japanese colonial period (1910–1945)

After 1945
The Republic of Korea (South Korea; 1948– )
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea; 1948– )