According to Han and Viet cosmogony, the world was divided into the Five Elements: metal, wood, water, fire and earth or sometimes the Wu Han, which represents the Five Regions: Centre, North, South, East and West.

From ancient time, a kingdom controlled the heart of the Asian continent, its rulers basing their power on the concepts of Five Elements and Rive Regions. Known as the Middle Kingdom or Zhong Hua, its power centre was located in the Five Mounts Territory.

There were two major races, the Han and the Viet. While the Han were homogenous, the Viets consisted of hundreds of tribes. Archaeological studies show that the Viets existed 400,000 years ago in the swampy woods of the Red River delta. The Viets settled south of the Yellow River and developed agricultural skills while the Hans became experts in hunting and warfare.

Viets believed that they were the descendants of Shen Nong, one of the three chiefs who ruled the Five Mounts territory. Complying to historical folklore, De Minh, a third generation descendant of Shen Nong, fled to the south of the Five Mounts and married Princess Vu Tien. Their son, Loc Tuc became Kinh Duong Vuong, King of the Kinh and Doung Territory. He married the daughter of the god of the seas.

His son, Lac Long Quan and his wife Au Co had 100 sons and the Kingdom of Bach Viet. In 2879 BC, the eldest son was crowned as king of Lac Viet. He named himself King Hung Vuong, and Lac Viet was renamed Vac Lang. It was the most powerful kingdom around and encompassed most of present-day northern and central Vietnam.

History
-The Beginning
-Au Lac Dynasty
-Trieu Dynasty
-Chinese Domination
-Chinese Domination2
-Ngo Dynasty
-Dinh Dynasty
-Tien Le Dynasty
-Ly Dynasty
-Tran Dynasty
-Ho Dynasty
-Le Dynasty
-Nguyen Dynasty
-French Intervention
-Vietnam War
-Modern Vietnam

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