Mahan confederacy
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The Mahan confederacy was an ancient loose alliance of chiefdoms in the southwestern Korean Peninsula that preceded and helped give rise to the Baekje kingdom.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mahan confederacy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Mahan confederacy Context triple: [Baekje, predecessor, Mahan confederacy]
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Kwararafa confederacy
The Kwararafa confederacy was a powerful precolonial multi-ethnic state in the central Nigerian Middle Belt, historically dominated by the Jukun people and known for its military campaigns against major West African kingdoms.
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Illinois Confederation
The Illinois Confederation was a group of Algonquian-speaking Native American tribes centered in the Mississippi River valley, historically significant for their role in early French colonial relations and later U.S. treaty negotiations.
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Iroquois Confederacy
The Iroquois Confederacy was a powerful alliance of Indigenous nations in northeastern North America that played a major diplomatic and military role in colonial-era conflicts between European powers.
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Cuman Confederation
The Cuman Confederation was a medieval nomadic tribal union of Turkic-speaking Cumans that dominated the Eurasian steppe north of the Black Sea before being shattered by the Mongol invasions.
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Northwest Indian Confederacy
The Northwest Indian Confederacy was a late 18th-century alliance of Native American tribes in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley region that united to resist United States expansion into their territories.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Mahan confederacy Target entity description: The Mahan confederacy was an ancient loose alliance of chiefdoms in the southwestern Korean Peninsula that preceded and helped give rise to the Baekje kingdom.
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A.
Kwararafa confederacy
The Kwararafa confederacy was a powerful precolonial multi-ethnic state in the central Nigerian Middle Belt, historically dominated by the Jukun people and known for its military campaigns against major West African kingdoms.
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B.
Illinois Confederation
The Illinois Confederation was a group of Algonquian-speaking Native American tribes centered in the Mississippi River valley, historically significant for their role in early French colonial relations and later U.S. treaty negotiations.
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C.
Iroquois Confederacy
The Iroquois Confederacy was a powerful alliance of Indigenous nations in northeastern North America that played a major diplomatic and military role in colonial-era conflicts between European powers.
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D.
Cuman Confederation
The Cuman Confederation was a medieval nomadic tribal union of Turkic-speaking Cumans that dominated the Eurasian steppe north of the Black Sea before being shattered by the Mongol invasions.
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E.
Northwest Indian Confederacy
The Northwest Indian Confederacy was a late 18th-century alliance of Native American tribes in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley region that united to resist United States expansion into their territories.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient confederacy
ⓘ
chiefdom alliance ⓘ historical polity ⓘ |
| archaeologicalCulture | Korean Bronze–Iron Age transition ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion |
Chungcheong region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Honam region NERFINISHED ⓘ modern South Korea ⓘ |
| burialCustoms | earthen pit tombs (hypothesized) ⓘ |
| capital | not certainly known ⓘ |
| contemporaneousWith |
Byeonhan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jinhan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Korean ⓘ |
| developedFrom | local Bronze Age communities ⓘ |
| dissolvedBy | expansion of Baekje ⓘ |
| economy | agriculture-based ⓘ |
| engagedIn |
bronze production
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iron use ⓘ regional trade ⓘ wet-rice cultivation ⓘ |
| era | Proto–Three Kingdoms period ⓘ |
| ethnicComposition | ancient Koreanic peoples (hypothesized) ⓘ |
| followedBy | Baekje NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUncertain |
exact territorial boundaries
ⓘ
internal political hierarchy ⓘ |
| influencedFormationOf | Baekje NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFrom | Chinese historical records ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Koreanic (hypothesized) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Korean Peninsula
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southwestern Korean Peninsula ⓘ |
| mainCrops |
millet
ⓘ
rice ⓘ |
| memberPolities | multiple small chiefdoms ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Hou Hanshu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sanguozhi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Samhan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfHistoricalContext | Three Kingdoms of Korea formative period ⓘ |
| politicalStructure |
decentralized alliance
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loose confederation of chiefdoms ⓘ |
| precededBy | Jin (Korean state) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Baekje kingdom formation
ⓘ
history of Korea ⓘ |
| religion | shamanistic practices (hypothesized) ⓘ |
| significance |
major component of Samhan polities
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precursor to Baekje kingdom ⓘ |
| successorState | Baekje NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early centuries BCE to early centuries CE ⓘ |
| usedTechnology |
bronze weapons
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iron tools ⓘ |
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Subject: Mahan confederacy Description of subject: The Mahan confederacy was an ancient loose alliance of chiefdoms in the southwestern Korean Peninsula that preceded and helped give rise to the Baekje kingdom.
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