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| | Korea, 1000 B.C.1 A.D. | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
 | | The largest of these, Nangnong (Lelang), in the northwest, will for the next 400 years remain a Chinese colonial bastion, and have manifold cultural and political effects on the native population. |
 | | Control of such an extensive area soon proves untenable, and a secure power base is established at the Lelang Commandery in northern Korea near modern P'yông'yang, which remains a Chinese colonial bastion for over 400 years. |
 | | South of Lelang the peninsula is divided into three regions known collectively as the Samhan: Mahan, in the southwest, Pyônhan, in the south central area of the Naktong River basin, and Chinhan, in the southeast. |
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