Pax Goguryeoana
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presented by Xenia Maria B Solano, October 22, 2013
Pax Romana
• "Roman peace"• long period of relative peace and
minimal expansion by military force• "pax" = treaty or accord
• Pax Americana• Pax Britannica• Pax Europaea• Pax Hispanica• Pax Mongolia• Pax Ottomana• Pax Goguryeoana
And the bandwagon followed...
Goguryeo• an ancient Kingdom (37 BC - 668
AD)• founded by Jumong• defeated by a Silla-Tang alliance
in 668 AD• shortened name "Goryeo" was
adopted by a later dynasty• Goryeo = Korea
GoguryeoGoguryeoGoguryeoGoguryeo was located in present-day northern and northern and northern and northern and central parts of central parts of central parts of central parts of the Korean the Korean the Korean the Korean PeninsulaPeninsulaPeninsulaPeninsula, southern of southern of southern of southern of Northeast of Northeast of Northeast of Northeast of ChinaChinaChinaChina, and southern reaches southern reaches southern reaches southern reaches of Russia'sof Russia'sof Russia'sof Russia's PPPPrimorsky Krairimorsky Krairimorsky Krairimorsky Krai
The Golden AgeKing GwanggaetoKing GwanggaetoKing GwanggaetoKing Gwanggaeto (374-412)• Korean Alexander the Great• "King of Kings"• vast territorial expansion
King JangsuKing JangsuKing JangsuKing Jangsu(394-491)• son and successor to King Gwanggaeto• largest territory among all Korean
countries
Gossip Girl, the historian edition
The Blair and Serena of Northeast Asian HistoryNortheast Project of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
The Sino-Korean imbroglio over the ancient Koguryo (Goguryeo) Kingdom (37 BC-AD 668) dramatically underscores the extent to which concerns with history currently dominate events on the Korean Peninsula. Beijing's attempt to usurp a key component of Korea's history and claim that Koguryo was a "subordinate state that fell under the jurisdiction of the Chinese dynasties" inflamed both Koreas...
- Klingner, 2004
"MBC recently started up “Jumong,” a 60-part drama on the founder of the Goguryeo kingdom, while SBS will start a 100-part drama on Goguryeo from July. KBS will begin airing a 100-part drama on the history of the Balhae kingdom from September.
The Chinese reportedly suspect this to be a government-backed response to Beijing’s “Northeast Project,” which Koreans accuse of being a Chinese attempt to appropriate Goguryeo history."
- Koehler, 2006
Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda, What-if
What if Goguryeo had not fallen in 668?
A Final Thinkpiece...
"Study the past if you would define the
future."- Confucius (551–479)
Thank you.
Solano, Xenia Maria Banks