Origin
The earliest record of Goguryeo can be traced from the geographic monographs of the Book of Han, the name Goguryeo (hanja: 高句驪) is attested in the name of Gaogouli County(Goguryeo

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Goguryeo was a highly militaristic state. Goguryeo has been described as an empire by Korean scholars. Initially, there were four partially

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The militaristic nature of Goguryeo frequently drew them into conflicts with the dynasties of China. In the times when they are not in war with China, Goguryeo occasionally sent tributesto some of the Chinese dynasties as a form of trade and nonaggression pact.

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The culture of Goguryeo was shaped by its climate, religion, and the tense society that people dealt with due to the numerous wars Goguryeo waged. Not much is known about Goguryeo culture,

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There have been some academic attempts to reconstruct the Goguryeo words based on the fragments of toponyms, recorded in the

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Goguryeo was viewed as a Korean kingdom in premodern China, but in modern times, there is a dispute between China and Korea over whether Goguryeo can be considered part of Chinese history or it is Korean history.
In 2002, Chinese

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Remains of walled towns, fortresses, palaces, tombs, and artifacts have been found in North Korea and Manchuria, including ancient paintings in a Goguryeo tomb complex

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