Faltering Silla and the Later Three Kingdoms
Jang Bogo, the Great Commander of Cheonghaejin

Wang Geon unifies the Later Three Kingdoms
Doseon and ‘pungsujiri’

Goryeo: land of ‘munbeol’ aristocrats
King Seongjong, Choe Seungno and Confucian politics

Thirty years of war with the Khitans
Yun Gwan and the Nine Fortresses of the North-East

Byeongnando: international port of ‘Korea’
Around Gaegyeong

Goryeo, land of Buddhism
Village guardian deities

How did the people of Goryeo live?
Was ‘goryeojang’ really a Goryeo custom?

The military takes over
Myocheong’s bid to relocate the capital

The struggle for a true meritocracy
Pyeongnyang, the ‘nobi’ who dreamt of freedom

Peasants and ‘cheonin’ take on the Mongols
Goryeo’s temporary capital

The ‘Tripitaka Koreana’ and inlaid celadon: embodiments of the spirit of Goryeo
Printing in the old days

‘Samguk sagi’ and ‘Samguk yusa’: two history books, two agendas
‘Dongmyeong Wang pyeon’ and ‘Jewang ungi’

King Gongmin’s reforms
‘Gwonmun sejok’ and ‘nongjang’: land grabbing at club-point

Cotton and gunpowder
‘Cheongsan byeolgok’ and the decline of Goryeo

· Index
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