10 Facts About Gaya confederacy

In Japanese, Gaya confederacy is referred to as Mimana, a name with considerable political connotations.

The Gaya Confederacy disintegrated under pressure from Goguryeo between 391 and 412, although the last Gaya polities remained independent until they were conquered by Silla in 562, as punishment for assisting Baekje in a war against Silla.

Gaya confederacy polities had economies that were based on agriculture, fishing, casting, and long-distance trade.

Gaya confederacy polities exported abundant quantities of iron ore, iron armor, and other weaponry to Baekje and the Kingdom of Wa.

In contrast to the largely commercial and non-political ties of Byeonhan, Gaya confederacy polities seem to have attempted to maintain strong political ties with those kingdoms as well.

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Various Gaya polities formed a confederacy in the 2nd and 3rd centuries that was centered on the heartland of Geumgwan Gaya in modern Gimhae.

Japanese publicists during the twentieth century looked to the Nihon Shoki, which claims that Gaya confederacy was a military outpost of Japan during the Yamato period .

Archaeological evidence suggests that Gaya confederacy polities were the main exporter of technology and culture to Kyushu at that time.

The technology of Gaya confederacy was more advanced than that of the Japanese dynasties of the time.

In 2010, a joint study group of historians sponsored by the governments of Japan and South Korea agreed that Gaya confederacy had never been military colonized by ancient Japan.