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  Koguryo --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism all influenced the kingdom, which fell to the allied forces of China's Tang dynasty and the southern Korean kingdom of Silla in 668.
Koguryo is traditionally said to have been founded in 37 BC in the Tongge River basin of northern Korea by Chu-mong, leader of one of the Puyo tribes native to the area, but modern historians believe it is more likely that the tribal state was formed in the 2nd century BC.
The Koguryo were a horse-riding northern people, and their art was powered by the forceful spirit of a hunter-warrior tribe.
concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9369333   (517 words)

  
 Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Burma, Tibet, & Mongolia
Chinese control lapsed in the last reign of the Later Han Dynasty, around 210 AD, but then was restablished in the Three Kingdoms Period by the Wei Dynasty, around 238.
When Koguryo drove out the Chinese in 313 and arrived at the borders of Paekche and Silla, this began the "Three Kingdoms" period in Korean history (313-668).
Koguryo is the kingdom that was attacked by the Sui Dynasty in 612.
www.friesian.com /perigoku.htm   (7864 words)

  
 Hwa Rang Do: History
During this time much of the Japanese culture originated from the Korean kingdoms of Silla, Koguryo and Packche.
After his arrival followed a long period of wars of expansion with the larger kingdom to the north, Koguryo.
However, before the northern kingdoms were engaged, King Chinhung took on the task of driving out the Japanese colonies to the east, which were in alliance with the Yamato clan of Japan.
www.hwarangdo.com /hrd1.htm   (6313 words)

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