Episode 3.3 - Seondeok

Seondeok was Queen of the Silla kingdom of Korea, one of three separate, often warring, kingdoms on the peninsula. She led Silla through a time where it's very existence was threatened, and began to set it on the path to dominance that would bear fruit soon after her death.

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Sources:

• Lee Ki-baik, A New History of Korea. Translated by Edward Wagner, 1984.

• Tae-Don Noh, "A Study of Koguryŏ Relations Recorded in the Silla Annals of the Samguk Sagi", Korean Studies, 2004

• Chong Sun Kim, "Silla Economy and Society", Korean Studies, 2004

• Chong Sun Kim, "Sources of Cohesion and Fragmentation in the Silla Kingdom", Journal of Korean Studies, 1969.

• Ancient History Encyclopedia, Marc Cartwright, "Queen Seondeok"

Names Mentioned:

• Baekje

• Bone rank system

• Cheomseongdae

• Hwarang

• Kim Chunchu / Muyeol

• Kim Yushin

• Koguryeo

• Munmu

• Silla

• Tang Dynasty