Goguryeo

Goguryeo
고구려 (高句麗)
37 BC–668 AD
Goguryeo at its height in 476 AD.
Capital		Jolbon (37 BCE – 3 CE) Gungnae (3–427) Pyongyang (427–668)
Languages		Goguryeo language (either related to Old Korean or hypothetical Buyeo language),
Religion		Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Shamanism
Government		Monarchy
King (Taewang)
•	37–19 BCE	Dongmyeong (first)
•	391–413	Gwanggaeto the Great
•	413–491	Jangsu
•	642–668	Bojang (last)
Historical era		Ancient
•	Establishment	37 BC
•	Introduction of Buddhism	372
•	Campaigns of Gwanggaeto the Great	391–413
•	Goguryeo–Sui War	598–614
•	Goguryeo–Tang War	645–668
•	Fall of Pyongyang	668 AD
Population
•	7th century est.	est. 1,102,900
•	7th century est.	690,000 households
Preceded by Succeeded by Buyeo Balhae Unified Silla
Today part of		South Korea  North Korea  China  Russia

Goguryeo (Hangul: 고구려; Hanja: 高句麗; RR: Goguryeo; MR: Koguryŏ, Korean pronunciation: [koɡuɾjʌ], 37 BCE–668 CE), or Goryeo (Hangul: 고려; Hanja: 高麗; RR: Goryeo; MR: Koryŏ, Korean pronunciation: [koɾjʌ]), was one of the ancient Three Kingdoms of Korea, located in the northern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula and the southern and central parts of inner and outer Manchuria. Goguryeo was an active participant in the power struggle for control of the Korean peninsula and was also associated with the foreign affairs of neighboring polities in China and Japan.

The Samguk Sagi, a 12th-century text from Goryeo, indicates that Goguryeo was founded in 37 BCE by Jumong (hanja: ), a prince from Buyeo, who was enthroned as Dongmyeong. There is archaeological and textual evidence from Chinese geographic monographs that suggests that Goguryeo may have been in existence since the second century BCE around the fall of Gojoseon, an earlier kingdom which also occupied southern Manchuria and the northern Korean Peninsula.