Thousand Years of Vietnamese History

The first inhabitants of the region have been documented as far back as three thousand BC. In the second millennium B.C., the Au Lac kingdom was founded by the Shu emigrant Thuc Phan. The 5th century saw the establishment of the Songping district, which included Yihuai and Suining districts. In the late 7th century, it was renamed Songping province and became a commandery. It was not until the La Thanh dynasty took control that the Songping province was founded.

In the first millennium AD, Hinduism and Buddhism were introduced to Vietnam. This was the first part of Southeast Asia to share influences from the Sino and Indian cultures. The country was home to its first Indianized kingdoms, Champa and Funan. These dynasties eventually came to power. Though these were brief, they were crucial to the development of the nation. The book's content is both accessible and insightful.

In addition, Vietnam was under Chinese rule from 111 B.C. until 938 A.D. Throughout this time period, the Han Dynasty of China conquered the ancient kingdom of Nam-Viet. After the invasion of the Chinese, the Vietnamese people fought for their independence and even attempted a revolution called the Trung Sisters' Rebellion. The result was a short-lived failure, but it provided the foundation for a thriving nation.

The third millennium saw the establishment of the Tay Son Revolt, which reunited the country. Nguyen Hue proclaimed himself Emperor Quang Trung, and he fought to erase the Nguyen and Trinh provinces. In 1802 he declared himself King, and he renamed himself Gia Long. The book contains fifteen first-person narratives by refugees who fled Vietnam as children, students at the University of California, and the writer Sucheng Chan, an internationally recognized scholar, provides a comprehensive introduction to the autobiographical accounts. The book ends with a bibliography and videography.

The first thousand years of Vietnamese history were marked by the Hung dynasty. This was a time of great progress and relative stability, and the dynasty centered on wet rice cultivation. In addition to wet rice cultivation, the Hung encouraged the development of weaving and pottery skills. Their efforts to protect the land from invaders were rewarded with a prosperous, powerful empire. As the years went on, the Hung dynasty was finally wiped out by repeated Chinese incursions, and the Cham were forced to leave their homeland. Click here for more details about VĂn Hoá

In the early years of Vietnamese history, the Vietnamese were under the influence of the Chinese. The Han Dynasty had invaded the ancient kingdom of Nam-Viet. The Chinese took over the country in 111 B.C., and the Vietnamese people continued to fight for their independence. The first successful rebellion of this kind was by the Trung Sisters. However, this rebellion was short-lived and did not end the Chinese's dominion over the country.