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| Revised Romanization | Goguryeo |
| McCune-Reischauer | Koguryo |
| Hangul | 고구려 |
| Hanja | 高句麗 |
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| Chinese characters | 高句麗 |
| Pinyin | Gāogoulí |
Goguryeo (also known as Koguryo; Chinese: Gāogoulí) ( 1st century BC- 668) was a kingdom in southern Manchuria and northern Korea. It is often referred to as one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, along with Baekje and Silla.
The modern name "Korea" derives from the medieval Korean kingdom of Goryeo, which in turn took its name from a contracted form of "Goguryeo." Nonetheless, Goguryeo has also been recently referred to as a ChineseThis article is on the geographic and cultural entity. For other meanings, see China (disambiguation). China ( Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: , Hanyu Pinyin: Zhongguo, Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo) is a country in continental East Asia with some oute kingdom (see "Modern politics", below).
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According to Samguk SagiSamguk Sagi Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms is a historical record of the Three Kingdoms of Korea: Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla. The Samguk Sagi was written in Classical Chinese (as used in writing by Korean scholars at the time) and compiled by the Korean, King Jumong (posthumously called King Dongmyeongseong ) founded the kingdom in 37 BCCenturies: 2nd century BC 1st century BC 1st century Decades: 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC 0s 10s 20s Years: 42 BC 41 BC 40 BC 39 BC 38 BC 37 BC 36 BC 35 BC 34 BC 33 BC 32 BC Events Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa created the "portus J around what is now the border between ChinaThis article is on the geographic and cultural entity. For other meanings, see China (disambiguation). China ( Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: , Hanyu Pinyin: Zhongguo, Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo) is a country in continental East Asia with some oute and North KoreaThe Democratic People's Republic of Korea DPRK Korean: Choson Minjujuui Inmin Konghwaguk Hangul: ; Hanja: ), commonly known as North Korea is a country in eastern Asia, covering the northern half of the peninsula of Korea. To the south it borders South Ko. It gained power while China was fragmented. The maximum extent of the kingdom was reached during the reigns of King Gwanggaeto the GreatEmperor Gwanggaeto (meaning "broad expander of territory") was born in 374 and ascended to the throne in 391, at the age of just seventeen, to become the 19th king of the Goguryeo Dynasty. His era name was Youngrak''. He ruled over Goguryeo at the time in and his son King Jangsu . During this period they ruled half of Korean peninsula and most of Manchuria. It was overthrown by an alliance of Silla and Chinese Tang Empire in 668. The southernmost part of Goguryeo was seized by Silla, the northwestern part was by Tang, and the rest was succeeded by Balhae (Chinese: Bohai).
Balhae, established in 698 claimed it as successor of Goguryeo in her diplomatic negotiations with Japan. Taebong, initially called Hu-Goguryeo ("Later Goguryeo"), claimed her succession of Goguryeo and so did Goryeo, which was even named after Goguryeo.