Location:
North Korea
Coordinates:
37.9708, 126.5544
Events at Kaesong (6)
918
ID: 5523
Wang Geon (Taejo) founds Goryeo Dynasty with capital at Kaesong, source of name 'Korea'
ID: 5523
936
ID: 5524
Goryeo reunifies Korea after defeating rivals, ending Later Three Kingdoms period
ID: 5524
1011
ID: 5525
Goryeo begins carving first Tripitaka Koreana - complete Buddhist canon on woodblocks
ID: 5525
1234
ID: 5529
Korea invents world's first metal movable type printing, 200 years before Gutenberg
ID: 5529
1251
ID: 5527
Second Tripitaka Koreana completed - 81,258 woodblocks, no errors, survives today
ID: 5527
1259
ID: 5528
Goryeo becomes vassal state of Mongol Yuan Dynasty after decades of resistance
ID: 5528