Polity Văn Lang

This article is about the specific polity Văn Lang and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was an early form of the Vietnamese state that ruled over the Red River Delta.

Establishment

  • January 499 BC: Modern Vietnamese historians assume that statehood was developed in the Red River Delta by the second half of 1st millennium BC.

Chronology

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Disestablishment

  • January 257 BC: In 257 BC, the leader of the Âu Việt, Thục Phán, dethroned the last Hùng kings, imposed his authority over the Lạc lords then took the title of King An Dương (An Dương Vương) and established the kingdom of Âu Lạc.