Faltering Silla and the Later Three Kingdoms; Wang Geon unifi es the Later Three Kingdoms; Goryeo: land of 'munbeol' aristocrats; Thirty years of war with the Khitans; Byeongnando: international port of 'Korea'. Goryeo, land of Buddhism. How did the people of Goryeo live? The military takes over. The struggle for a true meritocracy. Peasants and 'cheonin' take on the Mongols. The 'Tripitaka Koreana' and inlaid celadon: embodiments of the spirit of Goryeo. 'Samguk sagi' and 'Samguk yusa': two history books, two agendas. King Gongmin's reforms. Cotton and gunpowder.
