Person108 BC

King Ugeo

Wiman's grandson and last king of Gojoseon, assassinated during the Han siege

When Gojoseon blocked direct trade between Han and the Jin states to the south to keep the profits of the middleman trade, Emperor Wu of Han invaded by land and sea in 109 BCE. Ugeo held out at Wanggeom Fortress, but the ruling class split and he was killed by ministers who favoured surrender. Wanggeom Fortress fell the following year, and Han set up four commanderies on the land: Lelang, Zhenfan, Lintun and Xuantu.

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109 BC – 108 BCFall of Gojoseonmonarch
Emperor Wu of Han captured Wanggeom-seong and destroyed Gojoseon, setting up four commanderies including Lelang.

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Emperor Wu of Han156 BC – 87 BC
Seventh Han emperor who destroyed Gojoseon and set up commanderies

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Ancient China and India770 BC – AD 220
From the Hundred Schools of the Warring States to the unified empires of Qin and Han, and from the Buddha to the Maurya and Kushan empires — the millennium that shaped East and South Asian civilisation
Pyongyang194 BC – 2007
From Wanggeom-seong of Gojoseon to the inter-Korean summits — capital of Goguryeo, Western Capital of Goryeo, the great city on the Taedong