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.
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
ⓘ
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
ⓘ
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
ⓘ
precursor to Baekje kingdom ⓘ |
| successorState | Baekje NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early centuries BCE to early centuries CE ⓘ |
| usedTechnology |
bronze weapons
ⓘ
iron tools ⓘ |
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