Later Three Kingdoms
936년정치
Reunification
Goryeo defeated Later Baekje and reunified the Later Three Kingdoms.
Key developments
- 일리천 전투Final Battle at Illicheon
Wang Geon crushed the main forces of Later Baekje under Singeom at Illicheon near Seonsan.
- 신검 항복Singeom's Surrender
Singeom's surrender to Wang Geon brought the complete fall of Later Baekje.
- 936년Unification of the Later Three Kingdoms
Goryeo's absorption of Later Baekje ended the Later Three Kingdoms period that had lasted about half a century.
- 견훤의 최후Death of Gyeon Hwon
Gyeon Hwon died of illness shortly after witnessing the fall of Later Baekje.
- 통일의 의의National Reunification and the Goryeo Era
Goryeo's unification overcame the fragmentation of late Silla and opened a new era of a unified dynasty.