Draft Gaya

Title	Gaya (42 - 532 CE)
Author	Lyndsey Twining
Concept	gayageum, Byeonhan Confederacy, Silla, Baekje

The Gaya Confederacy existed during the same period as the Three Kingdoms. It emerged out of the Byeonhan Confederacy, located in the south-central region of the Korean peninsula, between Baekje to the west and Silla to the east. It was annexed by Silla in 532. It is from this state which the Korean instrument, gayageum, gets its name.

Glossary

• Objects
  • gayageum (a Korean traditional string instrument which gets its name from Gaya)

• Related States
  • Byeonhan Confederacy (Gaya's precursor)
  • Silla (neighbor state to the east, took over Gaya)
  • Baekje (neighbor state to the west)

Images

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  Map of Gaya

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  Modern Gayageum

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  Duck-shaped Pottery from Gaya

Worksheet

Issues to Resolve

• Is this worth its own page?

Media to Produce

• correct map

Examples

Korean Culture and Information Service, Facts about Korea, Korean Culture and Information Service, 2009, p.27.

Gaya (42-562) began as a type of confederation, formed when several tribes from the Nakdonggang River came together.