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Numerous royal rituals were recorded in this language in the Uigwe (“oo-EEG-way”). A woodblock version of the Tripitaka (20[1])in this language (20[1])was printed (20[1])during invasions by the Khitans. The Gabo Reform, which (20[1])regulated (20[1])official documents written in this language, was passed by (20[1])a king whose death sparked the March 1st Movement. (20[3])A system (20[2])for this language was created by a king (20[1])who (20[1])destroyed an island (20[1])base for (20[1])(*) wokou pirates in the Gihae (10[2])(“GEE-heh”) Expedition. (10[3])This language’s “Old” form ended with the fall of the Silla Kingdom. (10[4])In (10[1])the (10[1])15th (10[1])century, the Hall of Worthies created a treatise (10[1])outlining (10[1])a written script for this language which replaced the Chinese-based hanja. For 10 points, Sejong the Great developed what language’s (10[1])Hangul alphabet? ■END■ (10[5])

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