Yemaek tribes

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The Yemaek tribes were an ancient group of proto-Korean peoples who inhabited parts of Manchuria and the Korean Peninsula and are considered ancestral to several early Korean states.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient people
proto-Korean ethnic group
tribal confederation
archaeologicalAssociation northern Korean Peninsula sites
southern Manchurian sites
associatedWith Manchurian tribal polities
early Korean states
consideredAncestralTo Buyeo
Dongye
Goguryeo
Gojoseon
Okjeo
continent Asia
culture Bronze culture
early iron-using culture
economy agriculture
animal husbandry
hunting
ethnicity proto-Korean
ethnonymVariant Maek
Ye-Maek
Yemaek
Yemaek people
influenced early Korean ethnogenesis
formation of Gojoseon
political culture of Goguryeo
knownFrom Chinese historical records
languageFamily Koreanic languages
linked to: Korean
mentionedIn Book of Han
Records of the Grand Historian
partOf ancient peoples of Korea
ancient peoples of Manchuria
region Korean Peninsula
Manchuria
relatedGroup Buyeo people
linked to: Yemaek people

Dongye people
Goguryeo people
Han tribes of Korea
Okjeo people
religion shamanism
scholarlyDebate classification within Koreanic vs Tungusic spheres
degree of continuity with later Korean kingdoms
extent of territory in Manchuria
statusInHistoriography important ancestral group in Korean history
timePeriod early Iron Age
early first millennium BCE
late Bronze Age

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Gojoseon neighbor Yemaek tribes