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Texts in Vietnam were written using chữ Hán by the 10th century at the latest. Chữ Hán continued to be used as the official administrative script until the 19th century with the exception of two brief periods under the Hồ (1400–1407) and Tây Sơn (1778–1802) dynasties when chữ Nôm was promoted.
Even though Quốc ngữ made it possible to spread literacy and education to a large population, it did not become the official writing system until the early twentieth century under the French colonial rule ( 1864–1945 ). The rise of the Latin-based writing system opened the door to education and print publications.
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A History of the Vietnamese The history of Vietnam prior to the nineteenth century is rarely examined in any detail. In this groundbreaking work, K.W. Taylor takes up this challenge, addressing a wide array of topics from the earliest times to the present day – including language, literature, religion, and warfare – and themes – including
VIETNAM—Timeline of Historical Periods. Time Period. North— (Major City: Hanoi) Central— (Major City: Hue) South— (Major City: Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon) 4000 BCE-1000 BCE. ca. 3000 BCE. Phung Nguyen culture. ca. 1200 BCE. Development of irrigated rice cultivation. 1000 BCE-300 CE. ca. 500 BCE. Dongson culture. ca. 500 BCE.
Explore the timline of Writing. Writing is the physical manifestation of a spoken language. It is thought that human beings developed language c. 35,000 BCE as evidenced by cave paintings from the period of the Cro-Magnon Man (c...
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500 BCE - 2024. History of Vietnam. Vietnam has a rich history dating back around 20,000 years, beginning with its earliest known inhabitants, the Hoabinhians. Over millennia, the region's strategic geographical features facilitated the development of several ancient cultures, including the Đông Sơn in the north and the Sa Huynh in central Vietnam.
BOOK REVIEW. , by Ben Kiernan, New York, Việt Nam: a history from earliest times to the present. Oxford University Press, 2017, 656 pp., US$34.95 (hardback) In the past few years, three leading historians of mainland Southeast Asia have published major surveys of Vietnamese history. The near-simultaneous appearance of Keith Taylor’s A ...
