Movements

Three Kingdoms period (Korea)

삼국 시대

Movement · period · c. 300–668

Dates. Goguryeo in the north, Baekje in the southwest and Silla in the southeast — at first four, with the Gaya confederation, which Silla absorbed in 5321. Its start depends on the evidence: usually the 4th century, when the three had completed the institutions of ancient states; some include their formation and the old histories’ founding dates — 57 BCE (Silla), 37 BCE (Goguryeo), 18 BCE (Baekje), 42 CE (Gaya)2. It ends in 668, when the allied armies of Silla and Tang took Pyongyang and Goguryeo fell3. Jane Portal 2000, p. 43. ↩ Encyclopedia of Korean Culture, 삼국시대, 「4세기 이후부터 신라의 삼국통일까지를 의미하는 것이 일반적」, und Jane Portal 2000, p. 43. ↩ Encyclopedia of Korean Culture, 삼국시대, 「668년 … 고구려의 평양성이 함락되었다 … 이로써 삼국시대는 종결되었다」. ↩ Literatur Encyclopedia of Korean Culture, 삼국시대: 이정빈, 삼국시대, in: 한국민족문화대백과사전 (Encyclopedia of Korean Culture), 한국학중앙연구원 (Academy of Korean Studies), https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0026481 (zuletzt abgerufen am 30.10.2026). Jane Portal 2000: Jane Portal, Korea: Art and Archaeology, London: British Museum Press 2000.