Three Confederate States of Gojoseon

The Three Gojoseon kingdoms are firstly insisted in a history text such as Joseon Sangosa, and has been researched by few historians , , , , although not accepted by scholars at academic institutions.By popular Korean history drawing on the Korean founding myth, Gojoseon (고조선, 2333 BCE – 239 BCE) was the first state of Korea that was established around Liaoning, south Manchuria and north Korean peninsula. According to fringe historians, Gojoseon was a united kingdom composed of three confederacies of Gojoseon such as Majoseon (마조선), Jinjoseon (진조선) and Beonjoseon(번조선). Three confederacies were also called as Mahan, Jinhan and Beonhan. In conventional Korean history, the posterior Samhan (the three confederacies Mahan, Byeonhan, and Jinhan) existed in central and southern Korean Peninsula, and were established around the time of Gojoseon's fall until fully absorbed by the Three Kingdoms of Korea around the 4th century CE. Therefore, the posterior Samhan must be discriminated from the prior Samhan or Samjoseon.
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