Three Kingdoms of Korea Discussion

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The Three Kingdoms of Korea consisted of Silla, Baekje and Goguryeo - later known as Goryeo from which the modern name Korea stems. These three kingdoms spanned the entire peninsula of Korea, half of Manchuria and smaller parts of Russia. Baekje and Silla dominated the southern half of the Korean peninsula whereas Goguryeo was the largest consisting of the remaining regions. Buddhism arrived in the 3rd century AD from India and became the state religion of all Three Kingdoms. By the 7th century AD, Silla allied with the Tang Dynasty of China and unifed the Korean Peninsula for the first time in history creating a national identity. Goguryeo was the largest and most militaristic of the kingdoms. It controlled not only Korean tribes but also Tungusic tribes in Manchuria. In fact after the Suia nd Tang Dynasties appeared in China, Goguryeo continued to take aggressive actions against China. Only in 668 AD were combined Chinese Tang and Korean Silla forces able to stop the Goguryeo at which point their territory was divided. The Baekje meanwhile were experts at sea - much like the Phoenicians they spread their culture and material over the sea to places including ancient Japan - evidenced by the arrival of metallurgy, advanced architecture and Chinese written characters.