The rise of the three kingdoms of Goguryeo, Baekje, and Shilla transformed the formerly mostly-tribal and semi-sedentary natives of the Korean peninsula and present-day Chinese provinces of Jilin, Liaoning, and Heilongjiang into sophisticated agricultural states with well-established administrations and developed economies. The three kingdoms all had technology that was on-par with the neighboring Chinese empire. Technological, architectural, and administrative innovations were imported from the neighboring Han Dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE), which held commanderies and significant political influence in the northern regions of the Korean peninsula until they were eventually conquered by the Goguryeo kingdom. As competition and trade increased between the rival states and with the mighty Chinese empire and the rising Japanese state, the need for more a more efficient economy pushed the peoples of the three Korean kingdoms to further enhance their agricultural and production capabilities, thus affecting people of all levels of society, from the highest of the high aristocrats to the lowliest peasant laborer.
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