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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: 1392 births, 1392 by country, 1392 deaths, 1392 disestablishments, 1392 establishments, 1392 in Europe, John VIII Palaiologos, Goryeo, Nichij, University of Erfurt, Iain Borb MacLeod, Infante Peter, Duke of Coimbra, List of state leaders in 1392, Sergius of Radonezh, Mark of Ephesus, Blanche of England, Flavio Biondo, Filippo Maria Visconti, Jeong Mong-ju, Alexander Neville, Lalleshwari, William Douglas of Nithsdale, John Arderne, Erengisle Suneson, Earl of Orkney, Alain Chartier, Vlatko Vukovi, Grand Duke of Hum, Isabella of Castile, Duchess of York, Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland, James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond, Hosokawa Yoriyuki, Duchy of Jawor, Stefano di Giovanni, Hermann von Munster, Vygantas, Go Lotsawa, Ritterswerder, Beatrice of Navarre, Countess of La Marche, Thomas Rushhook, Agnes of Austria, Eberhard II, Count of Wurttemberg, John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, Mu Ying, Jorightu Khan Yesuder, Nicholas Crispo, Lord of Syros, John II of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny, Johann Hiltalinger, Uliana of Tver, Engke Khan, Zhu Biao, Peter of Geneva, Pasquale Malipiero, Bertrand Lagier, Gjergj, Lord of Durres, Yusuf II, Sultan of Granada, 1392 in Ireland. Excerpt: The Goryeo Dynasty or Kory (918-1392) was a Korean dynasty established in 918 by Emperor Taejo. Korea gets its name from this kingdom which came to be pronounced Korea. It united the Later Three Kingdoms in 936 and ruled most of the Korean peninsula until it was removed by the Joseon dynasty in 1392. Goryeo expanded its borders to present-day Wonsan in the north-east (936 943) and the Amnok River (993) and finally almost the whole of the Korean peninsula (1374). Two of this period's most notable products are Goryeo celadon pottery and the Tripitaka Koreana - the Buddhist scriptures (Tripitaka) carved onto roughly 80,000 woodblocks and stored, and stil...