Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

World Map Regional Map

Korea, 2000–1000 b.c.

• ca. 1200–900 B.C. Rice cultivation is introduced to Korea, most likely by agrarian populations moving onto the peninsula from China by way of Manchuria. Native grains, such as millet and barley, are also cultivated, and there is evidence of a growing reliance on animal husbandry.