An independent kingdom founded by a Qin general covering southern China and northern Vietnam, conquered by the Han dynasty in 111 BCE after a century of autonomy.
Conquered by the Han dynasty of China in 111 BCE when Emperor Wu sent an army of 100,000 to annex Nanyue (Nam Việt), incorporating its territories into nine new Han commanderies.
Provides the pre-Indianized Vietnamese historical context.
The classic scholarly study of early Vietnamese history opens with the Nam Viet/Nanyue kingdom and the Han conquest of 111 BCE that the blurb describes.