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	Queen Seondeok of Silla . Cheomseongdae astronomical observatory . Tang Dynasty . China . Baekje . Silla
		She first predicted, when she was still a princess, that she would become the first queen of Silla despite her father s efforts to produce a male heir.
		It was constructed under the rule of Queen Seondeok of Silla Queen Seondeok near Gyeongju 경주시, the capital of the...
		Silla also denoted as Shilla was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea three kingdoms of ancient Korea.
	www.uk.kunsimuna.net /Queen_Seondeok_of_Silla_UK_206022_ow (485 words)

	History of the Hwarang
		Silla youth did not remain Hwarang for life, as did the Samurai, and were not born into the class and its privileges.
		Because China was unable to subjugate Silla, she soon left all the territorial peninsula south of the Taedong River to Silla.
		Queen Son-dok (Silla's 27th ruler; reigned 632-647) quickly established good relations with T'ang China, and introduced many foreign customs which included Chinese fashions in court dress, improvement in technological fields and cultural innovations which were in vogue in China.
	www.natkd.com /legend_of_the_hwarung.htm (1018 words)

	Guardian Protector of Silla
		Throughout Silla's early history, the throne had been occupied by rulers chosen from the Kim clan, a "hallowed-bone" lineage considered the highest social rank in the kingdom and from which all kings were chosen.
		Queen Sondok had a passionate interest in astronomy and presided over the construction of the Ch'omsongdae, the "Tower of the Moon and Stars." Built in the capital city of Kyongju in 634, it is considered the first astronomical observatory in East Asia and one of the oldest structures left from the Silla period.
		Silla's new queen carried on the alliance with China, emphasizing the organization, literary culture and dress of the Tang Dynasty.
	www.koreanhistoryproject.org /Ket/C03/E0302.htm (3379 words)

	Three Kingdoms Era (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Silla formed an alliance with T'ang China, conquered Paekche, and finally conquered Koguryo, ending the wars and unifying all of Korea under the Silla Kingdom.
		Silla, although the smallest of the three kingdoms, was the first to form.
		Silla's growth was further stimulated by the introduction of Buddhism in the fifth century AD by the noted monk, Won-hyo.
	tkdtutor.com /02TaekwondoHistory/05Kingdoms.htm (4252 words)

	L'artiste Arynthya: The Interests of Arynthya
		Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of Hungary (1837-1898)
		Queen Mary I Stuart of Scotland but betterly known as Mary, Queen of Scots, she was Queen of Scotland all her life, Queen of France for only a couple of years, and thought to become Queen of England but never did.
		Sonwha of Silla, Queen of Paekche, was the youngest sister of Queen Sondok.
	www.freewebs.com /lareinegitane/favoriteroyalsi.htm (3305 words)

	Association for Asia Research- Who are the Japanese (Part II)
		Silla conquered Bakje and unified Korea, which was reduced by that time to the Korean peninsula south of the Daedong River, a tiny fraction of the mighty Korean nation of Guri and Ko-guri.
		Silla and its successor nation Koryo waged war against China and regained the Korean land south of the Yalu river and the Kan-do north of the Tuman River.
		Silla was founded by the Saro tribe of Chinhan (a substate of Go-Chosun) and the Saro dialect became the official language of Silla (the Middle Korean language), which is extant now but can be reconstructed from place names and surnames in the archives of Silla.
	www.asianresearch.org /articles/2410.html (3230 words)

	ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE HWA RANG
		Because China was unable to subjugate Silla, she soon left all the territorial peninsula sought of the Taedong River to Silla.
		Unified Silla came to a peaceful end in the the Tenth Century, leaving scores of undamaged valuable remains for scholars in the Twentieth Century, and important hints as to the real nautre of Hwarang warrior culture.
		Queen Son-dok (Silla's 27th ruler; reigned 632-647) quickly established good relations with T'ang China, and introduced many foreign customs which included Chinese fashions in court dress, improvement in technological fields and cutural innovations which were in vogue in China.
	www.hwarang.org /Ancienthistory.html (3090 words)

	The Queen and The beggar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Sunduk was a wise and loving queen, and her reign is praised as the golden age of Silla for the efflorescence of art and culture.
		As the virgin Queen gently advanced, she saw Chigui, the same beggar, now slumbering under the temple pagoda in the twilight sun, its last rays beaming on his face.
		The Queen felt a greater pity for him than ever and, pulling from her finger a gold ring inlaid with jewels, she put it on the finger of Chigui.
	web.edunet4u.net /~bewmo/won91.htm (528 words)

	e. Japanese Historical Mythology. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		Clay tomb figurines, known as haniwa, of human beings, houses, and animals were placed outside the tombs.
		According to Chinese sources, the first queen, Pimiko (or Himiko, mid-3rd century), ruled the state of Yamatai with magic and was buried in a large tomb.
		With the emerging strength of Silla, Japanese clout on the Korean Peninsula was on the wane.
	www.bartleby.com /67/167.html (1152 words)

	Pacific University's Portal on Korea - Gender Roles - Queen Sondok
		By: Jennie Ngoc Vu Queen Sondok was the first woman to become a queen in the Korean Silla kingdom in 632 A.D. Queen Ma-ya, Sondok's mother, did not bear any sons to become king, so King Chinpyong sent her to a convent in the mountains to become a nun.
		Queen Sondok was born in Korea in 610 A.C.E. She ruled for fourteen years, holding the realm together against external and internal threats.
		With the power to predict the future, Queen Sondok predicted the hour of her death, which eventually became true in that the greatest queen, Sondok, died in 647 A.D. Although she did eventually take a king consort, unfortunately no heirs were produced, male or female.
	mcel.pacificu.edu /as/students/korea/gender-sondok.html (1424 words)

	Marriage Korea Confucianism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Silla kingdom had a matrilineal system alongside the patrilineal system and women had legal rights and a relatively high status in society although this did not mean they had the same opportunity in every aspect of life as did men.
		Silla borrowed the Chinese model of the Tang dynasty and Confucianism formed the philosophical and structural backbone of the state.
		Queen Sondok (632-647) and Queen Chindok (647-653) were the queens during the Silla period, and Queen Chinsong (887-897) was the queen during the Unified Silla period.
	eapi.admu.edu.ph /eapr00/yoon.htm (15882 words)

	Korea Heads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		She succeeded father and she was generally known as a strong Queen who continued Silla's conflict with the two other Korean kingdoms of Koguryo and Paekche.
		She succeeded cousin and continued Queen Sondok's alliance with the Chinese.
		Succeeded brother and unlike the previous Queens, she ruled during an era of Silla decline.
	www.guide2womenleaders.com /korea_heads.htm (374 words)

	Women in power 500-750
		While she was considered the queen and nineteenth successor, she ruled the important Classic-Age Mayan city-state located in northwestern Guatemala with a coregent, Kalomte' B'alam a prominent warrior.
		She nominated his two successors without marrying either, and continued exercise a high degree of influence on the government and is believed to have played a major role in various financial measures and took an active part in foreign politics, mainly in her dealings with Persia.
		It is clear that she assumed the role of Queen regnant and effectively ruled, then perhaps co-ruled for a substantial period.
	www.guide2womenleaders.com /womeninpower/Womeninpower02.htm (6263 words)

	Korean era name
		Korean era names were used during the period of Silla and the Korean Empire.
		Taehwa (태화, 太和 : 648 - 650, during the reign of Queen Jindeok.
		In 650, Silla stopped using her own era name and adopted that of Tang Dynasty.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/k/ko/korean_era_name.html (195 words)

	Queen Seondeok of Shilla - Galbijim
		Seondeok reigned as Queen of Shilla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, from 632 to 647.
		She was the first of three female rulers of the kingdom, and was immediately succeeded by her cousin Jindeok, who ruled until 654.
		Yet, in her fourteen years as queen of Korea, her wit was to her advantage.
	wiki.galbijim.com /Queen_Seondeok_of_Shilla (470 words)

	Seondeok of Silla - Definition, explanation
		Sondok Yeowang (善徳女王) reigned as Queen of Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, from 632 to 647.
		Her father was the king of Silla, which had emerged in the south about 250 and 350 AD and by the end of the 7th century, would manage to unify the whole peninsula.
		Sondok's respect as a ruler may have been reinforced by the ancient tradition of female shamanism, which was prominent in Korea, and among some peoples still is. Up until Sondok's time, the word shaman was assumed to apply to women.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/s/se/seondeok_of_silla.php (613 words)

	Welcome To Korea Now !!!-Society & The Arts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It was "queen tea ceremony," and this regal event attests to the importance of the queen and the high-ranking women of royal court and society that participated in it.
		The higher-ranking naemyeongbu was made up of the king's wives and concubines, while the oemyeogbu consisted of the king's midwife, the queen's mother, the king's daughters born to his wives and concubines, the daughters of the crown prince and the wives of the landed gentry in society.
		To reinforce the queen's importance, she would sit on a plane higher than the rest of the court.
	kn.koreaherald.co.kr /SITE/data/html_dir/2002/06/21/200206210026.asp (612 words)

	Images of Korea
		Built in the reign (632-647) of Queen Seondeok, Silla's 27th ruler, Cheom-seongdae is one of the oldest astronomical observatories in Asia.
		To the northeast of Gyeongju City, on the ruined site of the Silla Kingdom's Imhaejeon Palace, is Anapji, the Pond of Geese and Ducks, which was beautifully designed in the shape of the Silla territory under the kingdom's 30th ruler, Munmu.
		It is a gravel mound with a double wooden coffin, a typical Silla form of burial.
	www.mct.go.kr:8080 /imagesofkorea/eng/bulguksa/sec03_1.htm (236 words)

	National Heritage - Tripitaka Koreana at Haeinsa Temple
		Legend has it that two monks, Suneung and Ijeong, who had just returned from China where they attained enlightenment, were meditating somewhere in the valley when the queen of a Silla king, Aejangwang, fell very ill with and abscess on her back.
		The man followed their advice and the queen was curd whereas the pear tree dried up and died.
		The queen dowager, who supported Buddhist monks with as much affection as if they were her own sons, was so pleased to hear the news that she converted to Buddhism herself and presented good food and various other gifts.
	www.ocp.go.kr /english/treasure/dom_hae.html (4709 words)

	Korean Architecture: Hwangnyangsa temple, Gyeongju
		Before Silla unified the Korean peninsula in 668, when it overran the Baekje and Goguryeo kingdoms with Tang aid, Buddhism was primarily a state religion, little understood by the common people.
		Allegedly the nine stories of the temple indicate Silla's destiny to conquer the nine nations of East Asia.
		The earliest and most important of the Silla Priests to serve at Hwangnyongsa was Priest Wongwang, who was born during Chin-hung's reign.
	www.orientalarchitecture.com /kyongju/HWANGNYONGSA.htm (729 words)

	CalendarHome.com - Astronomy - Calendar Encyclopedia
		In 500 AD, Aryabhata presented a mathematical system that described the earth as spinning on its axis and considered the motions of the planets with respect to the sun.
		East Asia's first astronomical observatory was developed in Silla, one of Three Kingdoms of Korea, under the reign of Queen Seondeok of Silla.
		It was termed Cheomsongdae, and is one of the oldest surviving scientific installations on Earth.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /Astronomy.htm (1913 words)

	Queen_Seondeok_of_Silla - The Wordbook Encyclopedia
		Seondeok reigned as Queen of Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, from 632 to 647.
		She was Silla's twenty-seventh ruler, and its first reigning queen.
		The Confucian model, which placed women in a subordinate position within the family, was not to have a major impact in Korea until the mid Goryeo period in the fifteenth century.
	www.thewordbook.com /Queen_Seondeok_of_Silla (501 words)

	China History Forum, chinese history forum > Article: Asian Women as Rulers
		Jul 1 2005, 05:17 AM A queen is a queen and an empress is an empress...that's the most fundamental difference.
		Queen mother is what Queen Elizabeth, mother of QEII, decided to call herself when her daughter took the throne, since they are both Elizabeth.
		A queen is a queen and an empress is an empress...that's the most fundamental difference.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /lofiversion/index.php/t3406.html (3832 words)

	Article: Asian Women as Rulers - China History Forum, chinese history forum
		Both queens had the khutba proclaimed in their name together with their husbands' names.6 (It is customary to proclaim the name of the current sovereign during the Friday sermon, khutba, at the mosque) No other Arab women had this honor.
		Queen Seondeok was supposed to be able to see the future..the Tang emperor sent her flower seeds...
		Queen Jindeok wrote a poem and made a silk brocade for the Tang emperor.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=3406 (3897 words)

	Golden Phoenix Tae Kwon Do - History of Tae Kwon Do
		It is during the Koguryo dynasty that some of the earliest examples of an organised system of fighting arts in Korea are to be found on paintings on tomb walls along the Apro river.
		However the queen of Silla, Song-Duk, sent her best warriors to China to be trained in the martial arts under Emperor Kao-Tsu, instructing them to be obedient and respectful.
		In 668A.D. Silla conquered the kingdoms of Koguryo and Paekche.
	www.ir.isas.jaxa.jp /~cpp/TKD/what/history-e.html (1153 words)

	Queen Sondok presented in Non Famous section
		One was that women in this period had a certain degree of influence already as advisers, queen dowagers, and regents.
		Her observation about the peonies lack of smell proved correct, one illustration among many of her intelligence, and thus ability to rule.
		She was the first of three females rulers of the kingdom, and was immediately seceded by her cousin Chindok, who ruled until 654.
	www.newsfinder.org /site/comments/queen_sondok (695 words)

	South Korea Trave Tips
		The legends of the ancient Silla Kingdom (57 B.C. 935) echo across the years, leaving a legacy of beauty and mystery in the valleys surrounding Gyeongju.
		The achievements of Silla people and their devotion to Buddhism are evident in the stone images carved on cliff walls and the many exquisite stone monuments found throughout the area.
		The temple was first built in the Queen Seondeok of Silla, then reconstructed in the 23rd year of Joseon King Injo (1645) after it was burned.
	www.southtravels.com /asia/southkorea/traveltips/seoul_history.html (4094 words)

	The Magpie castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Queen Sunduk of Silla was at war with the King of Baegje Kim Yoo Sin, commanding general of Silla force, led his army of 50,000 men to the outskirts os the national capital and pitched his tent in a stronghold (later called the Magpie Castle), about 12kilometers to the west.
		It was the target of the enemy's attacks in former battles, and now the patriotic 'Hwarang,' sons of Silla, armed with glittering spears, patrolled the fort to see that not an enemy could sneak into their position.
		Her mocking song, in sad strains, had inspired dread in the hearts of the Silla soldiers, but their General was unmoved.
	web.edunet4u.net /~bewmo/won87.htm (582 words)

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