The medieval Vietnamese state that maintained independence from China, defeated Mongol invasions, and gradually absorbed Champa through southward expansion.
Renamed Vietnam in 1804 when Emperor Gia Long of the Nguyễn dynasty, having unified the country in 1802, requested the name 'Nam Việt' from the Qing Jiaqing Emperor, who refused that name (as it recalled Zhao Tuo's ancient Nanyue encompassing Guangdong and Guangxi) and substituted 'Việt Nam' instead.
The atlas holds 8 border frames for Đại Việt — the shape you scrub through changes in 968 · 1190 · 1340 · 1446 · 1496 · 1515 · 1657 · 1792.
Discusses the Vietnamization of formerly Indianized territories as Đại Việt expanded south.
The current standard one-volume regional history covering Funan, the Khmer Empire, Pagan, and the Thai kingdoms in their long context.