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North and South Korea more than a



         millennium later.




         Gwanggaeto was also the first king



         to introduce a common religion



         to the peninsula, and used it as a




         unifying factor amongst his people.



         Buddhism was accepted in China, but




 think that this identity shaping was   the Koreans had their own version



 the start of  the idea that the Korean   of  indigenous religion, which



 peninsula had the same shared   worshiped their ancestors and had




 ancestry that would contribute to   much in common with shamanism.



 the unification of  the peninsula   This religion was not useful in




 centuries later, and made sure that it   instigating unifying policies, and



 stayed that way until the division of    Gwanggaeto introduced Buddhism
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