Description Chapter 1: The Beginning of Our History and Ancient Kingdoms - Did people in the Paleolithic Age really break stones to use them? - Chipped Stone Tools · 12 - People in the Neolithic Age stored their leftover food - Jeulmun Pottery · 14 - Bronze Age dolmens showed a chieftain's power - Dolmens · 16 - Descendants of heaven founded Gojoseon - Dangun Wanggeom · 18 - The successor to Dangun's Gojoseon - Wiman Joseon · 20 - A king skilled in archery founded Goguryeo - Jumong · 22 - He left Goguryeo to found Baekje - Onjo · 24 - Born from an egg to found Silla - Park Hyeokgeose · 26 - Unmatched in ironware culture - Gaya · 28 - When a king died, were living people really buried with him? - Human Sacrifice Burial · 30 - Why are there so many Baekje relics in Japan? - The Spread of Baekje Culture · 32 - How did King Gwanggaeto expand Goguryeo's territory? - King Gwanggaeto the Great · 34 - Did Ichadon really spurt white blood? - Silla's Official Adoption of Buddhism · 36 - Why were there so many wars around the Han River basin? - Control of the Han River Basin · 38 - How did Goguryeo defeat the invasion of the Sui Dynasty? - The Battle of Salsu · 40 - Why did only Silla have queens? - The Bone-Rank System · 42 - Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla became one - Silla's Unification of the Three Kingdoms · 44 - The largest territory in our history - Balhae · 46 - Why does Unified Silla have so many Buddhist cultural treasures? - Silla's Buddhist Culture · 48 - Silla people gathered to live in Tang China - Silla Won and Silla Bang · 50 - The Prince of the Sea led international trade - Jang Bogo · 52 Chapter 2: From the Later Three Kingdoms to the Goryeo Dynasty - Why did Unified Silla collapse? - The Fall of Unified Silla · 56 - A boy raised on tiger's milk founded Later Baekje - Gyeon Hwon · 58 - He ruled Later Goguryeo through mind-reading - Gungye · 60 - How was Goryeo founded? - Taejo Wang Geon · 62 - Why did King Gwangjong free slaves and make them commoners? - The Slave Review Act · 64 - How did Goryeo repel the Khitan invasions? - Seo Hui and Gang Gam-chan · 66 - Why did men live with their wife's family in Goryeo? - The Status of Women in Goryeo · 68 - Why did temples become the center of Goryeo's economy? - Buddhism in the Goryeo Era · 70 - Since when has our country been called 'Korea'? - Byeongnando · 72 - They made the finest celadon in the world - Goryeo Celadon · 74 - Why did Myocheong want to move the capital? - Myocheong's Movement to Move the Capital to Seogyeong · 76 - Goryeo's military officials rose up - The Military Coup · 78 - Are nobles and generals born, not made? - Manjeok's Rebellion · 80 - Repelling foreign enemies through faith - The Tripitaka Koreana · 82 - The Sambyeolcho fought against the Goryeo court to the end - The Sambyeolcho Resistance · 84 - Why does 'Chung' appear in the names of Goryeo kings? - Yuan Interference · 86 - Why did King Gongmin appoint Sindon? - King Gongmin's Reforms · 88 Chapter 3: From the Founding of Joseon to the Late Joseon Period - How did Yi Seong-gye found Joseon? - The Withdrawal from Wihwado · 92 - They built a thoroughly planned capital city - Joseon's Capital · 94 - Agriculture was valued, while commerce was looked down upon - The Four Classes of Society · 96 - They abandoned Buddhism and revered Confucianism - Joseon's Neo-Confucianism · 98 - Putting a new nation into a new vessel - Joseon's Governing System · 100 - Our language differs from that of China, so it does not match with Chinese characters - Hunminjeongeum · 102 - Everything about His Majesty must be recorded - The Annals of the Joseon Dynasty · 104 - Why did King Sejo remove King Danjong from the throne? - The Gyeyu Coup · 106 - Setting the nation's order straight - The Grand Code for State Administration · 108 - Too busy working and studying? - A Day in the Life of the King · 110 - How did people in the Joseon era study? - Joseon's Educational Institutions · 112 - The greed of scholars led to disaster - Literati Purges · 114 - Making life even harder for the poor - The Abuses of Tribute Tax and Grain Loans · 116 - Dividing into factions and competing - Factional Strife · 118 - Why did Toyotomi Hideyoshi invade Joseon? - The Imjin War · 120 - Turtle ships and the crane wing formation defeated the Japanese forces - Yi Sun-sin · 122 - King Injo bowed his head to the Qing emperor - The Humiliation at Samjeondo · 124 - We will avenge the humiliation suffered at the hands of Qing - The Northern Expedition Policy · 126 - Currency came into use - Sangpyeongtongbo · 128 - Appointing talented people from all backgrounds - King Yeongjo's Policy of Impartiality · 130 - King Jeongjo advanced politics and culture - Suwon Hwaseong Fortress · 132 - The need for practical learning so the people could live well - Silhak (Practical Learning) · 134 - Rice harvests increased