Jinhan confederacy
Jinhan confederacy 辰韓 진한 | |||||||||
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| 194 BCE–4th Century CE | |||||||||
A map of Korea, c. 1 CE Jinhan is in the southeast of the peninsula. | |||||||||
| Common languages | Han | ||||||||
| Religion | Shamanism | ||||||||
| Government | Confederacy | ||||||||
| Historical era | Ancient | ||||||||
• Establishment | 194 BCE | ||||||||
• Submission to Silla | 4th Century CE | ||||||||
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| Today part of | South Korea | ||||||||
| Korean name | |||||||||
| Hangul | 진한 | ||||||||
| Hanja | 辰韓 | ||||||||
| RR | Jinhan | ||||||||
| MR | Chinhan | ||||||||
| IPA | [tɕin.ɦan] | ||||||||
Jinhan (Korean: 진한; pronounced [tɕin.ɦan]) was a loose confederacy of chiefdoms that existed from around the 1st century BCE to the 4th century CE in the southern Korean peninsula, to the east of the Nakdong River valley, Gyeongsang Province. Jinhan was one of the Samhan (or "Three Hans"), along with Byeonhan and Mahan. Apparently descending from the Jin state of southern Korea, Jinhan was absorbed by the later Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.