History

Pre Historic Age 500,000 BC to 2,000 BC	Polished stones, primitive agriculture.
Bronze Age 2,000 BC to 500 BC	Emergence of villages
Rise of the States 700 BC toi 208 BC	Van Lang and Au Lac states. Caste systems
Dong Son Culture 500 BC to 300 AD	Nth Vietnam, Iron and Bronze
Sa Huynh Culture 500 BC to 300 AD	Central Vietnam. Jade, horn, glass.
South Mekong Culture 500 BC to 800 AD	Dong Nai & Oc Eo Cultures. Greek & Roman coins
Chinese Rule 111 BC to 938 AD	3 rebellions supressed.
Ngo, Dinh and Former Le Dynasties 939 to 1009	Chinese expelled.
Ly Dynasty 1010 to 1225	Flourishing of Buddhism, the arts
Tran Dynasty 1226 to 1400	Literature and language codified, ceramics and exports.
Ho Dynasty 1400 to 1407	Castles, gunpowder
Chinese Occupation 1407 to 1427	Nguyen Trai declared independance
Early Le Dynasty 1428 to 1527	Country known as Dai Viet
Mac Dynasty 1527 to 1592	Buddhism and Taoism developed
Later Le Dynasty 1533 to 1789	Beginnings of Catholicism
Tay Son Dynasty 1788 to 1802	Peasant uprising
Nguyen Dynasty 1802 to 1883	Country unified, Hue the capital.
French Colonialism and Nguyen Dynasty 1883 - 1945	Ho Chi Minh founded Vietnamese Communist Party in Hong Kong in 1930
Democratric Republic of Vietnam from 1945	Viet Minh declared independance at Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi.