Byeonhan confederacy
Byeonhan confederacy 弁韓 변한 | |||||||||
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| 194 BCE–42 CE | |||||||||
Byeonhan confederacy in c. 1 CE. | |||||||||
| Common languages | Han | ||||||||
| Religion | Shamanism | ||||||||
| Government | Confederacy | ||||||||
| Historical era | Ancient | ||||||||
• Establishment | 194 BCE | ||||||||
• Transition to the Gaya confederacy. | 42 CE | ||||||||
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| Today part of | South Korea | ||||||||
| Korean name | |||||||||
| Hangul | 변한 | ||||||||
| Hanja | 弁韓 | ||||||||
| RR | Byeonhan | ||||||||
| MR | Pyŏnhan | ||||||||
| IPA | [pjʌn.ɦan] | ||||||||
| Alternate name | |||||||||
| Hangul | 변진 | ||||||||
| Hanja | 弁辰 | ||||||||
| RR | Byeonjin | ||||||||
| MR | Pyŏnjin | ||||||||
| IPA | [pjʌn.dʑin] | ||||||||
Byeonhan (Korean: 변한; Hanja: 弁韓; pronounced [pjʌn.ɦan]), also known as Byeonjin (변진; 弁辰; [pjʌn.dʑin]), was a loose confederacy of chiefdoms that existed from around the beginning of the Common Era to the 4th century in the southern Korean peninsula. Byeonhan was one of the Samhan (or "Three Hans"), along with Mahan and Jinhan.