Korean vocabulary list:
history
- 개혁–reform; reformation
- 건설–establishment; foundation
- 곁길–being sidetracked; distraction
- 계승–inheritance
- 고대–ancient times, ancient era
- 고도–ancient capital
- 고비–crisis; critical moment
- 고인돌–dolmen
- 고전–old book
- 공산주의–communism
- 공자–Confucius
- 구비–being passed down orally
- 기독왕국–Christian empire
- 기록–record; documentation
- 기술–depiction
- 기억되다–be remembered; be recalled
- 기원–origin; beginning; year of foundation
- 기원전–B.C
- 길–process; path
- 남조–Southern dynasties
- 노예–slave
- 대대–successive generations
- 대전–major war; gigantic war
- 말세–eschatology; end times
- 멸망–collapse; destruction; downfall
- 문명–civilization
- 민족사–national history
- 박물관–museum
- 발달되다–be developed
- 발흥–sudden rise; sudden thriving
- 변혁–revolution
- 본래–origin
- 본시–origin
- 봉건 사회–feudal society
- 부여–Buyeo
- 북조–Northern dynasties
- 붕괴–collapse; breakdown
- 사관–view of history
- 사료–historical materials; historical records
- 사상–being in history
- 사양–twilight; decline; waning
- 서기–A.D
- 석가–Buddha
- 석가모니–Buddha
- 세계 대전–world war
- 세기–century
- 세우다–found; establish
- 쇠망–ruin; decline; fall
- 시조–progenitor; root
- 아버지–father
- 암흑시대–dark age; era of darkness
- 어머니–mother
- 역대–successive generations; many generations
- 역사–history
- 예–old times
- 옛–old; ancient
- 옛말–thing of the past
- 옛이야기–old story
- 옛일–past affairs; the past; past history; ancient history
- 올라가다–go back; trace back
- 왕국–kingdom; empire
- 왕실–royal family
- 왕조–dynasty
- 원래–origin
- 원시–primitive
- 원시인–ancient people
- 원조–founder of a family; first forefather
- 유대인–Jew; Jewish people
- 유물–relic; remains; antiquity; remnant
- 유신–reformation; the Revitalizing Reform
- 인류학–anthropology
- 자유–freedom
- 자전–autobiography
- 재위–being on the throne
- 전기–biography
- 전성–being in one's prime years
- 전성기–prime years
- 전성시대–prime years
- 전이–change; evolution
- 조상–ancestor; ancestry
- 조선–Joseon dynasty
- 조선어–Korean
- 종적–legacy
- 중심인물–central figure; central character
- 청산하다–settle
- 파멸–destruction; ruin
- 해방–independence; liberation
- 해방되다–be liberated; gain independence
- 해방하다–gain independence; be liberated
- 혁명–revolution
- 현대–present era; contemporary world; modern times
- 후궁–concubine