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| + | *''Dates: 37 BCE - [[668]] CE'' |
| *''Korean'': 高句麗 ''(Goguryeo, Kokoryŏ)'' | | *''Korean'': 高句麗 ''(Goguryeo, Kokoryŏ)'' |
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| Koguryo, also known as Kokoryŏ, Goguryeo, and by a number of other spellings, was one of the [[Three Kingdoms (Korea)|Three Kingdoms]] of the Korean peninsula, lasting from roughly 37 BCE to [[668]] CE. | | Koguryo, also known as Kokoryŏ, Goguryeo, and by a number of other spellings, was one of the [[Three Kingdoms (Korea)|Three Kingdoms]] of the Korean peninsula, lasting from roughly 37 BCE to [[668]] CE. |
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− | Koguryo figures in both Korean and Japanese origin myths, with the ''[[Chikuzen fudoki]]'' alleging that Hiboko, the tutelary deity of a prominent northern Kyushu family, first came to earth within the territory of Koguryo. Ancient Chinese sources suggest that Koguryo was first founded by a figure called in Korean either Chumong (朱蒙) or Tongmyŏng (東明), who hatched from an egg. | + | Established around 37 BCE, the kingdom conquered the [[Han Dynasty]] Chinese commandery of [[Lelang]] in [[313]]. [[Buddhism]] is believed to have been introduced into Goguryeo in [[372]]. |
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| + | Koguryo figures in both Korean and Japanese origin myths, with the ''[[fudoki|Chikuzen fudoki]]'' alleging that Hiboko, the tutelary deity of a prominent northern Kyushu family, first came to earth within the territory of Koguryo. Ancient Chinese sources suggest that Koguryo was first founded by a figure called in Korean either Chumong (朱蒙) or Tongmyŏng (東明), who hatched from an egg. |
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| Koguryo was repeated attacked by the Chinese [[Sui Dynasty]], and later by an alliance between [[Tang Dynasty]] China and the Korean kingdom of [[Silla]], but was successful in fending off these attacks for roughly a century, before finally falling in 668. | | Koguryo was repeated attacked by the Chinese [[Sui Dynasty]], and later by an alliance between [[Tang Dynasty]] China and the Korean kingdom of [[Silla]], but was successful in fending off these attacks for roughly a century, before finally falling in 668. |