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bone-rank system. It had emerged as a means of organizing Silla in the 6th century as a result of Sillan conquests and assimilation of neighboring tribal peoples, polities and communities. All of the early Korean states were socially stratified and based on birth status, but McBride notes that Silla developed systems of social status and ranking far more comprehensive than either Goguryeo or Baekje. Chinese sources such as the Old history of the Tang note the pre-eminence of the

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