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Yellow Sea and trade in ancient East Asia: with focus on Silla in the 8th and the 9th century

  • The Review of Korean History
  • 2008, (89), pp.1-48
  • Publisher : The Historical Society Of Korea
  • Research Area : Humanities > History

Deukyoung Kwon 1

1부산외국어대학교

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ABSTRACT

Yellow Sea surrounding China's mainland and the Korean peninsula played a role of an open mecca for exchanges, political, economical and cultural in ancient East Asia, as the sea was a mixture of unique natural and humanities conditions. In the 8th and the 9th century, in particular, this area was a focal point for diverse trades where not only public and private trades but illegal plunder unfolded interdependently. A variety of items were distributed through these booming trade activities. It is noteworthy that luxurious products and 'people' surfaced as important items. This is unusual trading, compared with conventional exchanges of notions, silk and outfit appliances which were carried out as political courtesy, i.e. giving tributes and receiving pieces. The major traders were the Silla delegates who were dispatched to and Silla residents in T'ang(唐) region, the pirates and Gentry Families(豪族) who gained power through these maritime trades in Yellow Sea. This maritime business brought about several changes in Silla dynasty. More than anything else, the bone-rank(Golpum) system(骨品制度) weakened socially and economically and local powers emerged and grew.

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