Later Baekje
| Later Baekje | ||||||||||
| 후백제 (後百濟) | ||||||||||
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 Later Baekje (in green) in 915.
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| Capital | Wansanju | |||||||||
| Languages | Korean | |||||||||
| Religion | Korean Buddhism, Korean Confucianism, Korean Taoism, Korean shamanism | |||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | |||||||||
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| • | 892–935 | Gyeon Hwon (first) | ||||||||
| • | 935–936 | Singeom (last) | ||||||||
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| • | Establishment | 892 | ||||||||
| • | Fall | 936 | ||||||||
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| Today part of |
 South Korea
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| Later Baekje | |
| Hangul | 후백제 |
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| Hanja | 後百濟 |
| Revised Romanization | Hu-baekje |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hu-paekche |
Hubaekje or Later Baekje (Hangul: 후백제; Hanja: 後百濟; RR: Hubekje, Korean pronunciation: [hu.bɛk̚.t͈ɕe]) was one of the Later Three Kingdoms of Korea, along with Hugoguryeo and Silla. It was officially founded by the disaffected Silla general Gyeon Hwon in 900, and fell to Wang Geon's Goryeo army in 936. Its capital was at Jeonju, in present-day North Jeolla province. Most of information now available about the kingdom comes from the accounts found in the Samguk Yusa and Samguk Sagi, which largely coincide.
When it began with his attack on Mujinju in 892, Gyeon Hwon's was only one among numerous rebellions which sprouted up against the weak Silla rulers in late 9th century. Many of these rebellions were initially triggered by the Silla decision to use force to collect taxes on the peasantry in 889 (Lee, 1984, p. 98). At this time most of the power on the peninsula was held by local gentry, who lacked strong loyalty to the central government. It was thus fairly easy for rebellions led by disaffected military officials to gain steam.
In its name, Hubaekje sought to establish itself as the legitimate successor to the ancient kingdom of Baekje which had ruled the southwestern Korean peninsula until conquered by Silla in 660.
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