Later Silla

Silla
신라 (新羅) 통일신라 (統一新羅) 후신라 (後新羅)
668–935
Unified Silla (in blue) during North–South States Period
Capital		Gyeongju (Seorabeol)
Languages		Old Korean
Religion		Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Korean shamanism
Government		Monarchy
King
•	661–681	Munmu
•	681–692	Sinmun
•	887–897	Jinseong
•	927–935	Gyeongsun (last)
Historical era		Ancient
•	Establishment	668
•	Silla–Tang War	670–676
•	Start of Later Three Kingdoms period	892–936
•	Handover to the Goryeo Dynasty	935
Population
•	8th century est.	2,000,000
Preceded by Succeeded by Silla Goguryeo Baekje Goryeo Dynasty
Today part of		South Korea  North Korea

Later Silla
Anapji pavilion
Korean name
Hangul	후신라
Hanja	後新羅
Revised Romanization	Hu-silla
McCune–Reischauer	Hu-silla

Later Silla (668–935, Hangul: 후신라; Hanja: 後新羅; RR: Hushila, Korean pronunciation: [hu.ɕil.la]) or Unified Silla (Hangul: 통일신라; Hanja: 統一新羅, Korean pronunciation: [tʰoŋ.il.ɕil.la]) is the name often applied to the Korean kingdom of Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, after it conquered Baekje in 660 and Goguryeo in 668, unifying the southern and middle portion of the Korean peninsula. Later Silla was a prosperous and wealthy country, and its metropolitan capital of Gyeongju was the fourth largest city in the world. During its heyday, the country contested with Balhae, a Goguryeo–Mohe kingdom, to the north for supremacy in the region. Throughout its existence, the country was plagued by intrigue and political turmoil, mainly by the rebel groups in conquered Baekje and Goguryeo, leading to the Later Three Kingdoms period in the late 9th century.

Despite its political instability, Later Silla's culture and arts flourished. Through close ties maintained with Tang Dynasty, Buddhism and Confucianism became principal philosophical ideologies of the elite as well as the mainstays of the period's architecture and fine arts. Its last king, Gyeongsun, ruled over the state in name only and submitted to the emerging Goryeo in 935, bringing the dynasty to an end.