Online dictionary of history and traditions in Japan: Koguryo

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Koguryo

高句麗高麗
alternative words: Koguryo kingdom, Koma, Kokuri, Koukuri
keywords: korea , state
related topics: Silla , Paekche , Empress Jingu
related web sites: http://www.portnet.ne.jp/~berry/zino/koguryo.html , http://sunak2.cs.shinshu-u.ac.jp/~nakano/misc/cult04.html
explanation: One of 3 Korean kingdoms which appeared around 30 BC in south-east Manchuria. By expelling Chinese from the region, it extended the territory to north Korea. 19th King, Kwanggaet successfully pushed away Japanese attack. His successors snatched lands from Silla and Paekche and moved the capital to Pyongyang in 586. In 668, suffering a simultaneous attack of Silla and Chinese Tang, Koguryo surrendered and many aristocrats fled to the north to found Bohai kingdom.