Everything about Okjeo totally explained
Okjeo was a small tribal state which arose in the northern
Korean peninsula from perhaps 2nd century BCE to 5th century CE.
Dong-okjeo (East Okjeo) occupied roughly the area of the
Hamgyŏng provinces of
North Korea, and Buk-okjeo (North Okjeo) occupied the
Duman River region. Dong-okjeo was often simply called Okjeo, while Buk-okjeo was also sometimes referred to as Chiguru (置溝婁, 치구루) or Guru (구루), the latter name being also applied to Goguryeo. Okjeo bordered the other minor state of
Dongye on the south, and shared a similar fate.
History
In its early history, Okjeo oscillated between domination by the Chinese commanderies and by Goguryeo. From the 3rd century BCE to 108 BCE, it was controlled by
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) Due to the constant interference of its neighbors, Okjeo never grew into a fully centralized kingdom.
In the 1st or 2nd century CE,
King Taejo of Goguryeo reduced Okjeo to a tributary, which delivered local products to Goguryeo. During the 244
Wei Invasion of Goguryeo, Goguryeo’s
King Dongcheon briefly retreated to North Okjeo, and in 285, the
Buyeo court also temporarily escaped to Okjeo under northern nomadic attacks.
In early 5th century, Okjeo was completely conquered by
Gwanggaeto Taewang.
Language and culture
Our knowledge of Okjeo culture is fragmentary. As with the Dongye, Okjeo language, food, clothing, architecture, and customs were similar to that of
Goguryeo. The Okjeo people practiced arranged marriage by which the child-bride lived with the child-groom's family until adulthood, and they interred the dead of a family in a single coffin.
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