The Gojoseon–Han War was a campaign launched by the Han Empire against Wiman Joseon of the Gojoseon Kingdom between 109 and 108 BC. It resulted in the fall of Gojoseon.
After King Wiman took the Gojoseon throne, relations between Han and Gojoseon deteriorated. Emperor Wu of Han dispatched the emissary She He (涉何) to Gojoseon, after King Ugeo interrupted direct contact with envoys sent by chiefs of various tribes on the Korean Peninsula to the Han...
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The Gojoseon–Han War was a campaign launched by the Han Empire against Wiman Joseon of the Gojoseon Kingdom between 109 and 108 BC. It resulted in the fall of Gojoseon.
After King Wiman took the Gojoseon throne, relations between Han and Gojoseon deteriorated. Emperor Wu of Han dispatched the emissary She He (涉何) to Gojoseon, after King Ugeo interrupted direct contact with envoys sent by chiefs of various tribes on the Korean Peninsula to the Han Empire. After an audience with the king, She He had not succeeded in negotiating the safe passage of the envoys. While returning to his nation, She He killed Jang (長), an assistant of the Gojoseon king. Due to this event, the king sent out troops to kill She He. The direct pretext for war thus came when King Ugeo had the Han envoy executed, which had angered Emperor Wu. However, it is thought by modern historians that the initiation of war was brought by the desire to prevent Gojoseon to ally with the Xiongnu against the Han or by the...
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