| The rise of the New China dynasty during 7th century provided Shilla with the opportunity to expand its control over the whole peninsula. |
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An alliance of the two was formed and the combined armies first attacked Baekje (which quickly fell), followed by Goguryeo in AD 668.
The alliance, but was short-lived, since it turned out to have been a convenient ruse by the China dynasty.
The Shilla aristocracy had no intention of subscribing to such a plan and so in order to thwart China designs, switched alliance to what was left of the Goguryeo forces.
Unified Shilla presided over one of Korea¡¯s greatest eras of cultural development. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the countless tombs, pagodas, palaces, pleasure gardens and other relics which dot the countryside in and around present-day Gyeongju, the former Shila capital which is called museum city as there is a lot of ancient relics.
The beginning of 9th century discontent among those who were excluded from power had reached such a pitch that the kingdom began to crumble.
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