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Key

The royal house of Joseon Joseon's ministers and generals Ming China Later Jin, then Qing bond — succession, office, alliance conflict — war, revolt, prosecution

Sources & method

  1. Gwanghaegun — Korean Wikipedia: the Ming refusal, the hidden decree, Imhae's death, the purges, the 1623 coup and the exile to Jeju — source
  2. The Gyechuk purge of 1613 (Joryeong robbery, Kim Je-nam) and Grand Prince Yeongchang — Korean Wikipedia — source
  3. The Injo Restoration of 1623 — Korean Wikipedia — source
  4. Battle of Sarhū (1619) and the Korean contingent at Fucha — Wikipedia (English and Chinese) — source
  5. Mao Wenlong and the base on Gado — Korean Wikipedia — source
  6. Yi Gwal's Rebellion, 1624 — Wikipedia — source
  7. The Jeongmyo invasion of 1627 — Korean Wikipedia — source
  8. The Byeongja invasion, Namhansanseong and Samjeondo, 1636–37 — Korean Wikipedia — source
  9. Choe Myeong-gil: the 1627 peace, the torn surrender letter — Korean Wikipedia — source
  10. Crown Prince Sohyeon: Shenyang, Beijing, Schall, his death and the disinheritance of his sons — Wikipedia — source
  11. The expeditions against the Russians, 1654 and 1658 — Korean Wikipedia — source
  12. The mourning disputes (yesong), 1659–60 — Korean Wikipedia — source
Method. The chain of people follows a sourced account of the polity, 1600–1660; every claim the narration makes was checked against the sources above. Borders: historical-basemaps (A. Ourednik, GPL-3.0), the c.1650 snapshot, simplified — schematic, the right states in roughly the right places. Territorial changes: modern provinces (Natural Earth) or later snapshots standing in for historical ones. Portraits: each credited with its author, licence and source on the readable page. Relief: Esri World Physical Map. Narration: Azure neural voice.
A narrated polity atlas · 1600–1660

Joseon Korea, 1600–1660

How did Joseon go from the ally Ming had rescued to a vassal of the Qing, and what did that do to its royal succession?
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