Matthew James Edge has: Played Fred MacReady - Gangster in "Shameless" in 2004. Played Malcolm - Student in "Desi Boyz" in 2011. Played Will in "The Unexpected" in 2011. Played Wokou - Pirate in "Jamaica Inn" in 2014. Played Jasper - Prisoner in "Get Santa" in 2014.

King Sejong is an influential figure in Korean history, most notably for the creation of the Korean alphabet, Hangul, with the assistance of the Hall of Worthies, a group of elite Korean scholars. King Sejong is also known for the successful repulsion of many of the Japanese Wokou pirate raids that once plagued the coasts of Joseon as well the conquest of the Japanese island, Tsushima.

The cast of Jamaica Inn - 2014 includes: Scarlett Archer as Beth Jessica Brown Findlay as Mary Jessica Brown Findlay as Mary Yellan Paul Bullion as Tubby Ben Daniels Christopher Fairbank Charles Furness as Thomas Andy Gillies as Cakey 2014 Jason Gregg as Townsman Sean Harris as Joss Shirley Henderson Shirley Henderson as Hannah Matthew James Edge as Wokou - Pirate Simon Meacock as Abe Jason Redshaw as Horse Buyer Tristan Sturrock as Eli Brown Joanne Whalley

There has always been a social stigma attached to the merchant class. It all started with Confucian who regarded the merchants as exploitative of the artisan and worker classes. As a result, being a merchant is frowned upon in Confucian Chinese society. Overseas trade is prohibited by the Ming and Qing authorities by the means of Haijin (Sea bans). In the Ming Dynasty, this is to prevent piracy by the wokou (Japanese pirates) on coastal states. In the Qing dynasty, this is to prevent the ethnic Chinese from immigrating away from China. Chinese merchants used to travel all the way to Egypt to sell their wares. As you can see, the sea bans have a significant impact on the sea-going Chinese merchant community, many of them took to illegal activities, piracy etc. Despite this, the merchant class still flourished overall and the sprouts of Capitalism are planted, which most Chinese historians agree.

Famines cost by the Little Ice age during that time created problems for the merchants, especially when the farmers and peasants rebelled and pillaged the townships and cities.

Internal turmoil, following the fall of Ming in 1644 and the Manchu invasion did not bring the Chinese merchants much prosperity and in fact set them back for a long long time.

Korea has one of the longest history in Asia. It is about 6000 years old (estimated), and the written history is since B.C 2300s. Actually, Korea even conquered Japan for several hundred years (maybe that's why they are so mad about the fact that Japan once conquered them in the 1900s!).

they are now using their techs to jump up their world power.

Now they rank the 11th in economy power, and with this growth, it is considered to be the 2nd place in 2030s.

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Korea never conquered Japan, it only conquered parts of Japan, most notably Tsushima island. Korea did however defeat Japan in the Imjin War and managed to destroy many Japanese pirate fleets during the Wokou Pirate Raids.

While South Korea does have a powerful economy (one of the G-20 major economies), it will probably never reach #2 due to the fact that its economic growth is hindered by its population size and its lack of natural resources.

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Actually, it is said that Korea lasted for 5000 years, not 6000. And even then whether it lasted for 5000 years or not is unknown. Koreans are taught to believe that, but there is actually a lack of evidence to support it.