Ancient Vietnam: First Humans to First Kingdoms.

From the first humans to ever enter Vietnam down to the legendary Kingdom of Van Lang. The history of Vietnam is so much more than the Vietnam War.

I trace Vietnamese history from the first humans 63,000 years ago, to the Hoabinhian culture, to the Phung Nguyen, right down to the Dong Son, the amazing Bronze Age civilization of Vietnam.

Check out Epimetheus' video here:

Sources:
Higham, Charles. "Hunter-Gatherers in Southeast Asia: From Prehistory to the Present". Human Biology, vol 85. no 1-3, pp 21-44.

Kiernan, Ben. "Viet Nam: A History from Earliest Times to the Present". New York City. Oxford University Press. 2017.

Image Attributions:
Kmusser, Redriverasiamap, CC BY-SA 3.0
Rungbachduong, Long Bien Bridge Sunset, CC BY-SA 3.0
Adrian Sampson from Bainbridge Island, WA, USA, Shelter by presa, CC BY 2.0
PHGCOM, BronzeFigurineDongsonCulture500BCE-300CEThailand, CC BY-SA 4.0
ZiYouXunLu, Citadelle de C? Loa, CC BY-SA 3.0

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[StefanMilo]

Messed up the audio slightly on this one guys, I was using a new microphone. Xin loi!

[larsmj]

I had no idea you had made a series about Vietnam. Like you I am married to a beautiful Vietnamese woman. I have live in Da Nang for the last eleven years and have no intention of leaving in this lifetime. Trying to find books in english that talk about anything but the war is frustrating. The Viets are not nearly as obsessed with the war as Americans are, they spent nearly a thousand years trying to protect their independence, China, France, and finally the USA. They are a happy, industrious. and beautiful people. I am honored that they allow me to live here and enjoy real freedom.

[LichSuVietNam-tyvn]

Hello, I am Vietnamese. I love my country's history very much, there are heroic struggles of my people. Thank you for making such a great video

[EpimetheusHistory]

awesome video man! Interesting about the shore increasing 100m every year that is pretty amazing

[tgsoon]

intersting. I am Vietnamese and you show me the part about my own history. But more about fact and scientific way than myth and legend I had learned in school.

[TuNguyen-yxow]

I live near the Co Loa ancient citadel, just woke up pretty early and went out for a walk. The place still looks amazing, very cultural and peaceful. At night sometimes it does feel kinda of scary too my house is near the ancient temple

[HistoryTime]

Love your vids on prehistory. So fascinating.

[paul]

Nguyen! The “smith” of Vietnamese last names

[VietnamCulturalExchange]

This is by far one of the very best videos in this field. The speaking speed is great, illustrations fine, sometimes funny too. No disturbing background wallpaper music. Excellent intelligibility and few technical terms.
As far as the content is concerned, it's hard for me to judge because I already know quite a bit.
Actually only one point for improvement: those hand movements..
my Vietnamese is incredibly limited but I would say don't use them as 'đôi tay' but as 'hai tay' ..
thanks for the video,

[johnbryant]

Beowulf. I remember this being one of the first videos you made, a while back. Is still impressive. Thank you

[MarcelGomesPan]

I loved this!
I havent seen any videos on Vietnamese archeology before.
Now i want MORE. 🙂👍

[carljacobson]

I'm part vietnamese and have read up extensively on Vietnamese history .
Good Presentation. Of course, as you probably already know, the story gets even more complicated.

[johnbotsford]

As an American living in Guangxi, China I'm interested in the Annan period. I am aware Chinese coins were minted there and part of Annan is now Vietnam and part is China. The local dialect here sounds a lot like Vietnamese to me.

[cameronparkinson]

Any chance of the more videos on Vietnam? My girlfriend is Vietnamese so I'm trying to learn more about the history and culture because as you said, all I'd heard about before was the war. Either way, absolutely bloody love your videos, keep dropping the bangers, big fan

[petal_punk]

very cool you made a video on this! i am 1/4 viet so it is nice to spread awareness :)

[christopheb]

This was the one of the first videos I've seen now have seen many more so I get it now.
I'm glad I found your channel, keep it up I really enjoy your content. also I like that you list your sources.

[fronkthetonkd]

Dragon, fairy story about the birth of 100 children has some context to it. It’s said 50 ascended inland (mountains) which are believed to be mung ppl and 50 descended into the sea (coastline) believed to be present day Vietnamese.

[matthew]

Really enjoyed this mate. Defo gonna be checkin out your other videos.

[waynehieatt]

Just returned from a tour, and our guide started their history with the fall of the old kingdoms to 1000 years of Chinese rule, then 200 years of civil war, from which the Nguyen family emerged victorious, who expanded to the south [now central] through dynastic unions with the existing 'Champ' peoples (who were linguistically and perhaps genetically Austronesian, ie same origins as today's Indonesians). The Nguyen family grew large and remained dominant due to the early kings granting power and privilege to families who changed their name to Nguyen and also the 'Tiger King' who had 500 concubines and sired 150 or so children. According to our guide, the Mekong delta was settled by migrants from the north who wanted a better life (probably getting a bit crowded up north). Nothing was said of the people already inhabiting the delta, but I guess they were Khmer from further up the river. Then the French! Great history, I'd love to see more detail from pre-colonial eras.

[captainle]

Thanks for breaking it down bro I’ll be wanting to learn about my history