-1122Legendary Founding of Pyongyang

legendary founding date of the city of Pyongyang.
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🏘️ Legendary Founding of Pyongyang

legendary founding date of the city of Pyongyang.
Legendary Founding of Pyongyang (-1122)
Foundation MythsAncient greeceGojoseonMythologyUrbanization
North KoreaNorth Korea

🏺 Middle Mumun Pottery Period Begins

Middle Mumun Pottery Period Begins (-850)
ArchaeologyBronze Age
South KoreaSouth KoreaNorth KoreaNorth Korea

🌾 Beginning of the Late Mumun Period on the Korean Peninsula

Beginning of the Late Mumun Period on the Korean Peninsula (-550)
Bronze AgeAgricultureArchaeology
South KoreaSouth KoreaNorth KoreaNorth Korea

🇰🇵 Kim Il-sung's Death and Succession of Kim Jong-il

Kim Il-sung's Death and Succession of Kim Jong-il (1994)
SuccessionDictatorshipKim Il-sungKim Jong-ilCold WarCommunist StatesTotalitarianismPolitical Transition
North KoreaNorth Korea

🍚 North Korean Famine Begins

North Korean Famine Begins (1995)
FamineHumanitarian CrisisKim Jong-ilDictatorshipFood ShortageCommunist StatesPolitical Repression
North KoreaNorth Korea

💀 North Korean Famine Death Toll Reaches 2.5 Million

The North Korean famine has killed an estimated 2.5 million people by this point.
FamineHumanitarian CrisisKim Jong-ilTotalitarianismCommunist StatesPolitical RepressionAtrocities
North KoreaNorth Korea