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Is the Traditional Date of 2333 BCE for Korea's Founding a Myth or History? - Gojoseon and the Evidence for Korea's Earliest Kingdom | Sleepy Facts About History
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The date 2333 BCE appears in textbooks and official documents with the precision of recorded fact, marking the founding of Korea's first kingdom, Gojoseon, by the legendary figure Dangun. Yet this precise year and the vivid narrative of a heavenly prince and a bear transformed into a woman survive only in texts compiled more than three thousand years after the events they claim to describe. The gap between the traditional story and the available evidence is not a minor scholarly quibble…
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