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Silla
新羅
新羅国
alternative words: Silla kingdom, Shiragi, Shinra
keywords:
korea
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state
related topics:
Paekche
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Battle of Hakusukinoe
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Mimana
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Koguryo
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Empress Jingu
explanation: One of 3 Korean kingdoms which occupied the south east of Korean peninsula between 4 and 7th centuries According to a legend, , the people might originate from Ko-choson, another Korean kingdom which preexisted in North Korea. Initially, a weak country which survived under the shadow of Koguryo, it extended gradually the territory by absorbing Kaya (Mimana) in 562, then unified Korea with an aid of Tang dynasty: falls of Paekche in 660 and Koguryo in 668.
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