Mahan confederacy
Mahan confederacy 馬韓 마한 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 194 BCE–6th century CE | |||||||||
Mahan confederacy in c. 1 CE. | |||||||||
| Capital | Mokji | ||||||||
| Common languages | Han (Mahan) | ||||||||
| Religion | Shamanism | ||||||||
| Government | Confederacy | ||||||||
| Historical era | Ancient | ||||||||
• Establishment | 194 BCE | ||||||||
• Submission to Baekje | 6th century CE | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Today part of | South Korea | ||||||||
| Korean name | |||||||||
| Hangul | 마한 | ||||||||
| Hanja | 馬韓 | ||||||||
| RR | Mahan | ||||||||
| MR | Mahan | ||||||||
| IPA | [ma.ɦan] | ||||||||
Mahan (Korean: 마한; Hanja: 馬韓; pronounced [ma.ɦan]) was a tribal grouping in southwestern Korea described in Chinese sources from the 3rd century. It was the largest of the 'three Hans' (the Samhan), along with Byeonhan and Jinhan. During the 4th century, the kingdom of Baekje rose in the territory of Mahan and became one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.