Goryeo trivia

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• Who struck down the Mongol commander Sartai at the fortress of Cheoinseong?Goryeo
• Which system let the descendants of senior officials in Goryeo take office without sitting an examination?Goryeo
• Which coin, minted under King Seongjong of Goryeo, was the first metal currency made in Korea?Goryeo
• Which aristocrat seized power as a royal in-law and rose in revolt in 1126?Goryeo
• In which year did Wang Geon unify the Later Three Kingdoms?Goryeo
• Which state did Gung Ye found, the one Wang Geon then replaced with Goryeo?Goryeo
• Which event saw Yi Seong-gye turn his army back while marching on Liaodong in late Goryeo?Goryeo
• Who brought cottonseed home in late Goryeo and put cotton clothing within ordinary reach?Goryeo
• Which Silla wooden pagoda in Gyeongju burned down during the Mongol invasions?Goryeo
• What are the ten precepts King Taejo of Goryeo left to the kings who came after him?Goryeo
• It was Choe Seung-no who submitted the Twenty-Eight Point Memorial to King Seongjong of Goryeo urging Confucian government.Goryeo
• Even during the military regime, the king of Goryeo held real power and governed the country himself.Goryeo
• Manjeok was a slave who plotted an uprising in Gaegyeong under the banner of freeing the low-born.Goryeo
• The frontier defence Goryeo built against Khitan and Jurchen invasions was the Great Wall of China.Goryeo
• In Goryeo only sons inherited property, and daughters were left out.Goryeo
• The name Goryeo was chosen to declare the dynasty a successor to Goguryeo.Goryeo
• Wang Geon, who founded Goryeo, came from a family of commoners who had farmed for generations.Goryeo
• The English name 'Korea' comes from Joseon.Goryeo
• The Yeondeunghoe and the Palgwanhoe were state festivals that Goryeo held on a grand scale every year.Goryeo
• Wang Geon married into powerful local families to bring them onto his side.Goryeo
• Who was the last king of Goryeo?Goryeo
• In which year was Goryeo founded?Goryeo
• In which year did Goryeo come to an end and Joseon take its place?Goryeo
• Where was the capital of Goryeo?Goryeo
• Which king of Goryeo enacted the law reviewing the status of slaves?Goryeo
• Who negotiated during the first Khitan invasion and won the Six Garrison Settlements East of the River?Goryeo
• In which year did the military coup take place in Goryeo?Goryeo
• Who wrote the Samguk Sagi in the Goryeo period?Goryeo
• The Samguk Sagi was written in the Goryeo period by Iryeon.Goryeo
• Which pottery is the signature ceramic of the Goryeo period?Goryeo
• Which temple holds the Tripitaka Koreana?Goryeo
• Goryeo was founded in 918.Goryeo
• Goryeo treated Buddhism as a religion of central importance to the state.Goryeo
• The capital of Goryeo was Hanyang.Goryeo
• Goryeo put Confucianism first and pursued a policy of suppressing Buddhism.Goryeo
• The king who founded Goryeo was Wang Geon.Goryeo
• The Tripitaka Koreana was created in the face of the Mongol invasions.Goryeo
• Gang Gam-chan defeated the Khitan army at the Battle of Gwiju.Goryeo
• The man who won the Six Garrison Settlements East of the River by negotiation during the first Khitan invasion was Gang Gam-chan.Goryeo
• Goryeo was founded by Yi Seong-gye.Goryeo