Unified Silla
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Unified Silla, or Late Silla (Korean: 통일신라; Hanja: 統一新羅; RR: Tongilsilla, Korean pronunciation: [tʰoːŋ.iɭ.ɕiɭ.ɭa]), is the name often applied to the Korean kingdom of Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, after 668 CE. In the 7th century, a Silla–Tang alliance conquered Baekje in the Baekje–Tang War. Silla conquered the southern part of Goguryeo in the 7th century following the Goguryeo–Tang War and Silla–Tang War, unifying the central and southern regions of the Korean peninsula.
Unified Silla | |||||||||||||||
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668–935 | |||||||||||||||
Status | Kingdom | ||||||||||||||
Capital | Seorabeol[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] | ||||||||||||||
Common languages | Old Korean Classical Chinese, (literary)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Religion | Buddhism (state religion), Confucianism, Taoism, Islam,[2][3] Shamanism | ||||||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||
King | |||||||||||||||
• 661–681 | Munmu | ||||||||||||||
• 681–692 | Sinmun | ||||||||||||||
• 887–897 | Jinseong | ||||||||||||||
• 927–935 | Gyeongsun (last) | ||||||||||||||
Historical era | Post-classical | ||||||||||||||
668 | |||||||||||||||
670–676 | |||||||||||||||
• Start of Later Three Kingdoms period | 892–936 | ||||||||||||||
• Handover to the Goryeo | 935 | ||||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||||
• 8th century[4] | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||||||
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Today part of | North Korea South Korea |
Unified Silla | |
Korean name | |
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Hunminjeongeum | |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Tongil Silla |
McCune–Reischauer | T'ongil Shilla |
It existed during the Northern and Southern States period, when Balhae controlled the north of the peninsula. Unified Silla lasted for 267 years until, under King Gyeongsun, it fell to Goryeo in 935.