Page 8 - HP2A 008 King Gwanggaeto

Damduk. The name Gwanggaeto of a great Goguryeo that would

would later be given posthumously, encompass all of the three kingdoms

which means “Opening of Large and sub-kingdoms of the Korean

Lands” in Chinese characters. peninsula as well as the barbaric

His uncle, which was the king tribes to the north and Japan to the

before his father, focused on the southeast.

restoration of national power and

dignity inside the kingdom, an 3. Wars of conquest

effort that Gwanggaeto's father Gwanggaeto is best known for the

would later carry on. Gwanggaeto amount of land that he successfully

would see these efforts as a teenager, conquered and kept under Goguryeo

and combined with the complex rule. First of all, after his coronation,

international affairs that were taking he started to look south, to repay

place around Goguryeo, he dreamed Bakjae for all the invasions that