Queen seondeok of silla biography
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Seondeok (Sŏndŏk) reigned as Queen of Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, from 632 to 647.
She was Silla's twenty-seventh ruler, and the first of three queens to rule Silla. She reigned near the end of the Three Kingdoms period, when there was much fighting between Silla, Baekje and Goguryeo, and also with the Tang Chinese.
Queen Seondeok used her intuition, wits and charm to run the country, and to keep it strong in the battle with the other two kingdoms.
Queen seondeok of silla biography
During her reign, Buddhism flourished, and Seon (Zen) Buddhism was introduced to Korea. Culture and learning also advanced under her leadership. It was just a few decades after her reign that Silla gained control of Baekje and Goguryeo and Unified the entire southern part of the Korean peninsula for the first time.