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Golden Age of Unified Silla

Type Event Region Korean Peninsula Time 701

After Silla unified most of the Korean Peninsula in the late 7th century, the 8th century ushered in a golden age of political stability, economic pr…

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  1. 701Gyeongju · Korean PeninsulaUnified Silla made Gyeongju its capital, implemented centralization and a six-ministry system, established nine provinces and five small capitals, and combined the bone-rank system with examination-based selection of officials; society stabilized, laying the political foundation for the golden age.
  2. 701Gyeongju · Korean PeninsulaIn the 8th century Silla vigorously promoted Buddhism, constructing Bulguksa, Seokgurasa and other buildings and statuary; metalwork, ceramics, music and dance thrived, and Gyeongju became a major center of Buddhist culture in East Asia.
  3. 701Korean Peninsula · Korean PeninsulaSilla continuously sent envoys to Tang to study its institutions and culture, maintained diplomatic and trade relations with Balhae and Japan, and played an important cultural intermediary role in the multipolar East Asian order.

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