# Gojoseon — WHE Definition Discussion

**URL:** <https://community.worldhistory.org/t/gojoseon-whe-definition-discussion/4351>\
**Category:** WHE Articles\
**Created:** [October 13, 2016, 9:01am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/gojoseon-whe-definition-discussion/4351 "2016-10-13T09:01:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![markzcartwright](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/markzcartwright/32/35_2.png) [@markzcartwright](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/markzcartwright)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 9:01am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/gojoseon-whe-definition-discussion/4351/1 "2016-10-13T09:01:10Z")

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Gojoseon (Gochoson or Old Choson) was an ancient kingdom which ruled northern Korea in the second half of the first millennium BCE. Gojoseon possessed the most advanced culture in the Korean peninsula at that time and was an important marker in the progression towards the more centralised states of later periods.

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_This is a companion discussion topic for the original content at [https://www.worldhistory.org/Gojoseon/](https://www.worldhistory.org/Gojoseon/)._

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**Author:** ![markzcartwright](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/markzcartwright/32/35_2.png) [@markzcartwright](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/markzcartwright)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 11:32pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/gojoseon-whe-definition-discussion/4351/2 "2026-07-28T23:32:15Z")

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