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Silla–Baekje wars over the Han River

The Silla–Baekje wars over the Han River (551 to 554) were fought between Silla and Baekje for control of the Han River basin in central Korea.

Silla–Balhae hostility and the Great Wall of Silla

Silla–Balhae hostility and the Great Wall of Silla (浿江長城) covers the frontier conflict between the Korean kingdoms of Silla and Balhae after 698, and the walls Silla built against Balhae.

Silla–Japan relations

Silla–Japan relations were the diplomatic and military contacts between the Korean kingdom of Silla and Japanese states, which turned hostile, then formal, before ending in 779.

Silla–Tang alliance

The Silla–Tang alliance (나당 동맹) was a military agreement between the Korean kingdom of Silla and the Chinese Tang dynasty, concluded in 648 through Kim Chunchu's diplomacy with Emperor Taizong.

Silla–Tang border agreement

The Silla–Tang border agreement of 735 was a diplomatic settlement in which Tang Emperor Xuanzong recognized Silla's territory south of the Pae River, ending the dispute after the Silla–Tang war.

Silla–Tang peace embassy of 676/677

The Silla–Tang peace embassy of 676/677 was a 675 apology mission from the Korean kingdom of Silla to Tang China during the closing Silla–Tang War.

Silla–Tang relations

Silla–Tang relations were the dealings between Korea's Silla kingdom and China's Tang dynasty, from their 7th-century alliance through war to tribute and trade until 907.

Silla–Tang Trade

Silla–Tang trade was the commerce between the Korean kingdom of Silla and Tang dynasty China from the 7th to the 10th century, through tribute missions, border markets, and private merchants.

Sep 23, 2026

Silla–Tang War

The Silla–Tang War (唐羅戰爭) was a late 7th-century war between Silla and the Tang empire over the postwar arrangement of Korea, ending in a negotiated compromise around 676.

Silla's adoption of Tang administrative institutions

Silla adopted Tang administrative institutions after unifying Korea in the late seventh century, building a centralized state with nine provinces, six ministries, and a National Academy.

Silla's annexation of Gaya

Silla's annexation of Gaya was the absorption of the Gaya confederacy of southern Korea by the kingdom of Silla: Geumgwan Gaya surrendered in 532, and Daegaya fell in 562.

Silla's cession of territory to Goryeo

Silla's cession of territory to Goryeo (신라의 고려 귀부) was the surrender of the Silla kingdom to the Goryeo dynasty in 935, when King Gyeongsun handed the state to Wang Geon.

Silla's conquest of Tamna

Silla's conquest of Tamna was the Korean kingdom Silla's subordination of Tamna, the island kingdom on Jeju, surrendering in 662 and falling under direct rule in 679.

Sillago sihama, the northern whiting or silver sillago, is an Indo-West Pacific shallow-water sillaginid fish from the Red Sea to Japan and Australia, commercially fished, and the namesake of a cryptic species complex revised by genetics.

Sillamae kalev

JK Sillamäe Kalev, Estonian football club founded 1951 in Sillamäe, Ida-Viru County; Meistriliiga side of the 2010s with three UEFA Europa League qualifying appearances (2010/11, 2014/15, 2015/16); home ground Sillamäe Kalevi staadion, Kesk 30.

Sillem Island

Sillem Island, officially Qikiqtaaluk (ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ), is an uninhabited glaciated island in Baffin Bay off northern Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada; 482 km², separating Gibbs and Clark Fiords, within proposed Agguttinni Territorial Park.

Sep 19, 2026

Silli-Adad

Silli-Adad (Sillî-Adad) was a king of Larsa in southern Mesopotamia, the 12th ruler of its dynasty, who reigned one year, c. 1835 BC, between Sin-iqisham and Warad-Sin.

Sep 19, 2026

Silli-Sin

Silli-Sin (Sillī-Sin) was a king of Eshnunna in the Early Old Babylonian period, when the city joined a coalition against Hammurabi of Babylon and was eventually taken over by him.

Sillian milestone

Sillian milestone: an uninscribed Roman milestone found in 1970 at Sillian (Silian), Tyrol, Austria, in the province of Noricum; it marks the 24th mile from Aguntum and is catalogued as CIL 17-04-01, 00161.

Silliman University

Silliman University, private Protestant university in Dumaguete City, Philippines; founded 1901 by Horace B. Silliman gift, university status 1938; CHED autonomous, QS Asia 2026 694th, 9th nationally.

Oct 15, 2026

Sillimanite

Sillimanite is an aluminum silicate mineral, Al₂SiO₅, occurring as white needles in high-grade metamorphic rocks; it is one of three polymorphs with kyanite and andalusite and is Delaware's state mineral.

Sillingy

Sillingy, a commune in Haute-Savoie, France, west of Annecy in the Communauté de Communes Fier & Usses; known for the Miroir de Faille fault mirror (~2,000 m²), the Roman-era Bains de Bromines, and the Château des Fées site on the Mandallaz.

Sillunu Oru Kaadhal (சில்லுனு ஒரு காதல்)

Sillunu Oru Kaadhal (சில்லுனு ஒரு காதல்), also known as Nuvvu Nenu Prema in Telugu, is a 2006 Tamil romantic drama directed by Obeli N. Krishna, starring Suriya, Jyothika, and Bhoomika Chawla, with an A. R. Rahman soundtrack including "Munbe Vaa".

Sep 19, 2026

Silly

Silly is a German rock band formed in East Berlin in 1978, fronted from the early 1980s by singer Tamara Danz and among the leading rock bands of the GDR.

Silly Putty

Silly Putty is a silicone toy putty that bounces and shatters under sudden force but flows like a liquid, invented in 1943 and sold as a toy from 1950.

Silly season

Silly season: the summer period, especially in Britain, when Parliament's recess leaves newspapers filling pages with trivial stories; also US political campaign absurdity; first recorded in the 1860s.

Silly String

Silly String, also called party string or crazy string, is a trademarked aerosol toy spraying plastic-foam string, invented accidentally in 1969 by Leonard Fish and Robert P. Cox as a spray-on bandage and sold by Wham-O from 1972; also used by troops to detect trip wires.

Silly Symphony

Silly Symphony, Disney's music-driven cartoon series (1929–1939, 75 shorts begun with The Skeleton Dance), served as the studio's experimental ground for Technicolor, the multiplane camera, and seven Oscar-winning cartoons.