The Three Kingdoms of Korea were Goguryeo in the north, Baekje in the southwest and Silla in the southeast, which shared the Korean peninsula for roughly seven centuries. Traditional accounts date their foundings to the first century BCE, with Baekje's to 18 BCE, though the dates are partly legendary and historians treat them with caution. Goguryeo was the strongest early on and fought against Chinese dynasties, Baekje was a maritime state that passed Buddhism and other culture to Japan, and Silla was initially the smallest. The kingdoms competed and sometimes allied. Silla joined forces with Tang China to conquer Baekje in 660 and Goguryeo in 668, and then drove the Chinese out and ruled most of the peninsula as Unified Silla.
Before and after
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- from 18 BCE to 660 CEThree Kingdoms of Korea
- from 18 BCE to 660 CEBaekje
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