Unified Silla period

Silla
신라 (新羅) 통일신라 (統一新羅) 후신라 (後新羅)
668–935
Unified Silla with indication of territory
Capital		Seorabeol (modern name Gyeongju)
Languages		Silla Language (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 and Goguryeo in the 7th century, unifying the central and southern regions of the Korean peninsula. Later Silla was a prosperous and wealthy country, and its metropolitan capital of Seorabeol (modern name Gyeongju) was the fourth-largest city in the world at the time. During its heyday, the country contested with Balhae, a Goguryeo–Mohe kingdom, to the north for supremacy in the region. Throughout its existence, Later Silla was plagued by intrigue and political turmoil, mainly by the rebel groups in conquered Baekje and Goguryeo territories, 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 the Tang dynasty, Buddhism and Confucianism became the 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 Wang Geon of the emerging Goryeo kingdom in 935, bringing the Silla dynasty to an end.