Journal of the Association of Korean Geographers ISSN:2287-4739(Print) 2733-8991(Online) 한국지리학회지

In this study, the structure of transportation routes centered on Jeonju, the capital of the Later Baekje (900~936), was examined, focusing on military transportation routes. The transportation route of the Later-Three Kingdoms period was based on the administrative-oriented transportation route that connected 9 administrative district and 5 small capital around Gyeongju during the Unified Silla Period. And the transportation route was developed around Gyeongju in Silla, Gaegyeong in Goryeo, and Jeonju in Later-Baekje. Unlike Baekje and Silla during the Three Kingdoms period, which confronted each other in the east-west direction around the Sobaek Mountains, but the Sobaek Mountains did not act as a special obstacle to transportation during the Later-Three Kingdoms period. Later-Baekje used four East-West transportation routes: a route to Sangju through Hwaryeong (Pass), a route to Seonsan through Chupungryeong (Pass), and a route to Daeya Castle and Jinju area through Yukshipryeong (Pass) and Palyangchi (Pass). And the major North-South transportation route was a formed along the Nakdong River from Andong in the north to Jinju in the south. This route was a major battleground for Later-Baekje versus Silla and Goryeo. While Later-Baekje's East-West transportation route remained relatively stable, but the North-South transportation route along the Nakdong River became a major battleground for the three countries.