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.

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Mahan confederacy canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient confederacy ⓘ
chiefdom alliance ⓘ
historical polity ⓘ
archaeologicalCulture Korean Bronze–Iron Age transition ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Chungcheong region ⓘ
Honam region ⓘ
modern South Korea ⓘ
burialCustoms earthen pit tombs (hypothesized) ⓘ
capital not certainly known ⓘ
contemporaneousWith Byeonhan ⓘ
Jinhan ⓘ
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 ⓘ
hasUncertain exact territorial boundaries ⓘ
internal political hierarchy ⓘ
influencedFormationOf Baekje ⓘ
knownFrom Chinese historical records ⓘ
languageFamily Koreanic (hypothesized) ⓘ
locatedIn Korean Peninsula ⓘ
southwestern Korean Peninsula ⓘ
mainCrops millet ⓘ
rice ⓘ
memberPolities multiple small chiefdoms ⓘ
mentionedIn Hou Hanshu ⓘ
Sanguozhi ⓘ
partOf Samhan ⓘ
partOfHistoricalContext Three Kingdoms of Korea formative period ⓘ
politicalStructure decentralized alliance ⓘ
loose confederation of chiefdoms ⓘ
precededBy Jin (Korean state) ⓘ
relatedTo Baekje kingdom formation ⓘ
history of Korea ⓘ
religion shamanistic practices (hypothesized) ⓘ
significance major component of Samhan polities ⓘ
precursor to Baekje kingdom ⓘ
successorState Baekje ⓘ
timePeriod early centuries BCE to early centuries CE ⓘ
usedTechnology bronze weapons ⓘ
iron tools ⓘ

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Baekje → predecessor → Mahan confederacy ⓘ