Editing Daegu (section)

===Silla===
{{See also|Three Kingdom Period}}
[[File:칠곡송림사오층전탑사리장치.jpg|thumb|Reliquary from eighth-century Silla, [[Daegu National Museum]]]]
Silla succeeded in unifying the Korean peninsula by defeating the other kingdoms of [[Baekje]] and [[Goguryeo]] in the late seventh century, partly due to assistance from China's [[Tang dynasty]]. Shortly thereafter, in 689, Silla's King [[Sinmun of Silla|Sinmun]] considered moving the capital from [[Gyeongju]] to Daegu, but was unable to do so.<ref>Lee (1984), p. 76 and Shin (1999)</ref> This initiative is known only through a single line in the ''[[Samguk sagi]]'', a most valued historical record of ancient Korea by Koryeo dynasty historian [[Gim Busik|Kim Bu-sik]], but it is presumed to indicate both an attempt by the Silla king to reinforce royal authority and the entrenched resistance of the Gyeongju political elites that was the likely cause of the move's failure.<ref>Lee (1984) and Shin (1999) both make this assumption</ref> The city was given its current name in 757.

In the late 1990s, archaeologists excavated a large-scale fortified Silla site in Dongcheon-dong, Buk-gu.<ref>FPCP (Foundation for the Preservation of Cultural Properties). ''Daegu Chilgok Sam Taekji Munhwayejeok Balguljosa Bogoseo'' [Excavation Report of the Cultural Site at Localities 2 and 3, Building Area 3, Chilgok, Daegu]. 3 vols. Antiquities Research Report 62. FPCP, Gyeongju, 2000</ref> The site at Locality 2 consists of the remains of 39 raised-floor buildings enclosed by a formidable ditch-and-palisade system. The excavators hypothesize that the fortified site was a permanent military encampment or barracks. Archaeologists also uncovered a large Silla village dating to the sixth to seventh centuries AD at Siji-dong.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>