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THE OLD KOREA
The ancestors of the Korean race, in the year -1.000 founded the first slave states : Kozoson, Buyo and Zinguk.
Kozoson (also called Zoson or Old Korea) was the oldest state . The capital was Wangomsong, situated near the river Liaohe.
Since the year -600, Kozoson was called Zoson by the neighbour countries, and the meaning of this word is 'The country of the morning calm'
The inhabitants of the Old Korea had an original culture with a high developed level. They had their own iron-working methods that made them to produce iron objects since the year -400. Iron axes and short swords were discovered during the prospections.
During the Middle Age the slave states of Korea became feudalists. Kogurio, Bekze and Sinla, the most powerful states, absorbed the other forces stablishing the age that was call 'The Three Kingdoms' period that continued until the 7th.century.
Koguryo was the first and most powerful among the Kingdoms, his capital was Zolbon (today called Huanren) and Kuknesong (today called Jian nier the river Amrok). Later, when the Kingdom expanded its territory, the capital was moved to Pyongyang.
Pyongyang still keeps the old monuments that shows how it was the capital of the Kogurio Kingdom more than 1.500 years ago: the ruins of the wall in the Desong hill with 7.706 kms. of lenght, The Royal Palace Anjak with more than 380.000 square meters, and the wall of the Pyongyang citadel with more than 23.000 meters.
Around the 10th. century and during 500 years, Korea became a very powerful unified state called 'Koryo'. From this word 'Koryo' cames the actual name of the country 'Korea'.
At the end of the 14th. century, Koryo was substituted by the Rizo (that is a word composed by the words Zoson and Ri dinasty). So the last feudalist state of Korea under the Ri dinasty existed during 500 years more... until the japanese imperialists atacked the country.
