Goguryeo (37 BC – 668 AD) (Korean: 고구려; Hanja: 高句麗; RR: Goguryeo; Korean pronunciation: [ko̞.ɡu.ɾjʌ̹]; lit.: high castle; Old Korean: Guryeo) also later...

Taejo (Korean: 태조; Hanja: 太祖; 4 November 1335 – 27 June 1408), personal name Yi Sŏng-gye (이성계; 李成桂), later Yi Tan (이단; 李旦), was the founder and first...

The Goguryeo controversies are disputes between China and Korea (North and South) on the history of Goguryeo, an ancient kingdom (37 BC – 668 AD) located...

land by Taejo. In addition, Taejo included the Balhae crown prince in the Goryeo royal family, unifying the two successor states of Goguryeo and, according...

Korean court in Kaesong. As descendants of Goguryeo, the Balhae people and the Goryeo dynasties were related. Taejo of Goryeo, Goryeo's first King, felt a...

dominant position—Goryeo, itself named in homage to the earlier northern Goguryeo kingdom—and form a unified Korean state and a dynasty which would last...

himself king of Later Goguryeo in 901 as the claimant successor state to the renowned former hegemon of Northeast Asia, Goguryeo. With his rival Kyŏn Hwŏn's...

Goguryeo was founded in 37 BC by Jumong (posthumously given the royal title Dongmyeongseong). Later, King Taejo centralized the government. Goguryeo was...

period, in which Korea was divided into Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla. In 668 AD, Silla conquered Baekje and Goguryeo with the aid of the Tang dynasty, forming...

Tang dynasty. Taejo of Goryeo founded Goryeo in 918 as a successor to Goguryeo. He adopted the era name of "Bestowed by Heaven". Taejo was acknowledged...

the first son of Yeon Taejo, "Magniji" (막리지; 莫離支, a position equivalent to a modern era office of prime minister) of Goguryeo during the reigns of King...

land by Taejo. In addition, Taejo included the Balhae crown prince in the Goryeo royal family, unifying the two successor states of Goguryeo and, according...

Yuri of Goguryeo. 42 AD: Traditional date for the founding of Gaya by Suro. 53: Goguryeo begins to become a centralized kingdom under Taejo's reign. 234:...

dynastic kingdom of Korea that existed for 505 years. It was founded by Taejo of Joseon in July 1392 and replaced by the Korean Empire in October 1897...

500 years of rule. In the beginning of his reign, Yi Sŏng-gye, now King Taejo, intended to continue using the name Goryeo for the country he ruled and...

have died in 425 BCE at the age of 1,908 years.[citation needed] Taejo of Goguryeo (46/47 – 165) is claimed to have reigned in Korea for 93 years beginning...

mountain peak. Volume 8 of the Annals of King Taejo, 2nd article of Gyemyo, 14 December, 4th year of King Taejo, 1395, 28th year of Ming Hongwu Since the...

Intermediate Period at the end of Pepi's reign. A dispute exists concerning when Taejo's reign ended. Lower estimates suggest 121–145 and higher ones up to 167...

various historical names, such as Bukhansan-gun (북한산군; 北漢山郡, during the Goguryeo era), Namcheon (남천; 南川, during the Silla era), Hanyang (한양; 漢陽, during...

Three Kingdoms period, Korea was divided into three competing states, Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla, whose boundaries ran from Manchuria to the tip of southern...

Prince 'Abd al-Ilah (2nd time) Queen Mother Buyeo, regent for King Taejo of Goguryeo Queen Jiso, regent for King Jinheung of Silla Queen Sinmok, regent...

Caliphate. War of the Goguryeo succession (666–668), after the death of military dictator Yeon Gaesomun of Goguryeo, see Goguryeo–Tang War (645–668) Jinshin...

Comments Sindae of Goguryeo Chadae of Goguryeo 165–179 Micheon of Goguryeo Bongsang of Goguryeo 300–331 Bojang of Goguryeo Yeongnyu of Goguryeo 642–668 Seong...

control of the Tang government from Emperor Gaozu. 642, Goguryeo: Yeon Gaesomun of Goguryeo led a military coup that killed King Yeongryu and installed...

mid-5th century, Baekje's national power was significantly weakened due to Goguryeo's southward expansion. Additionally, as the Gaya Kingdom advanced into the...

in 1395 during the reign of King Taejo; according to its inscription, it is based on a star chart from ancient Goguryeo that was lost during wartime. It...

was under the rule of Goguryeo, and became Jungchon county (井泉郡) after it incorporated into the kingdom of Silla in 681. After Taejo of Goryeo conquered...

Liao calendar and end tributary relations with Song (a violation of King Taejo’s testamentary injunction never to make peace with the Khitan). In exchange...

is said to have been born from a cockatrice, while the grandmother of Taejo of Goryeo, founder of Goryeo, was reportedly the daughter of the dragon...

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