Koryŏ

고려

Polity · kingdom · 918–1392

The dynasty founded by Wang Kŏn (Taejo of Goryeo) in 918 with its capital at Songdo (Kaesŏng), from which Korea takes its English name: a high point of Buddhist art, celadon and printing, under Mongol domination from the mid-thirteenth century. 1 Portal 2000, pp. 79–80. ↩ Literatur Portal 2000: Jane Portal, Korea: Art and Archaeology, London: British Museum Press 2000.