The reason Okjeo had the 'Minmyeoneuri' (bride-in-advance) system: Goguryeo kept raiding and kidnapping women, so they had to marry them off ASAP.
The reason Goguryeo had the system where the son-in-law guards the house (Seo-okje): The wife's whole family went out raiding, so the son-in-law had to stay home and protect the old folks left behind.
The reason ancient Goguryeo, which barely relied on farming, held harvest festivals: They weren't praying for Goguryeo's good harvest, but for the good harvest of neighboring states like Okjeo and Dongye. (Gotta make sure the raiding targets are well-stocked.)
The reason Goguryeo had no prisons: Punishments were fines or immediate death. No middle ground, lol.
The reason Goguryeo people only bent one knee to bow: If you knelt or bowed your head while saying hi, you'd get ganked by an enemy.
How Goguryeo created heavy cavalry like the Gaema-Musa even though they only had native ponies: They raided neighboring states for horses and crossbred them.
The reason Goguryeo constantly beat the crap out of China: If they left those bastards alone, they'd attack us eventually, so let's hit them first (= basically the Goguryeo version of Zhuge Liang's Northern Expeditions).
They prepared burial shrouds as part of the wedding dowry: People died so easily in that raid-based economy. WTF.
When nobles voted for the highest office and it was a tie, the two candidates brought their private armies and held a deathmatch. The king just closed the city gates and watched the show.
The reason China calls Koreans 'Bangzi' (a slur): The original term was Gaoli Bangzi (Goryeo ๋ด์), used like a barbarian slur because Goguryeo beat the crap out of them so often, and that term evolved into the modern insult.
LOL holy crap ใ ใ ใ ใ We seriously had an era where we were totally nomadic tribe-level, absolutely ruthless, 'my way or the highway' badasses.
"Early Goguryeo was basically a military fraternity that survived solely by raiding, street fighting, and making sure their neighbors had enough crops to steal. Absolute Gigachads."
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