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ID: 8698167
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8698167

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Vǎn Lang (former nation/state/empire)  Vǎn Lang (former nation/state/empire)

Coordinates:
Lat: 20 57 25 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 20.9573  decimal degrees
Long: 106 17 52 E  degrees minutes   Long: 106.2990  decimal degrees

Note: Established by the 7th century BCE, translating to "Land of the Tattooed Men." Covering a territory in the Red River delta including present day Hanoi and Hai Phong as well as parts of Southern China, its capital was Phong Chǎu. The kingdom united different tribes in northern Vietnam under the Đǒng Sởn, considered to be the oldest bronze-using culture in the area.

Names:
Vǎn Lang (preferred,C,V,display)
Van-lang (C,V)
Van Lang (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Vǎn Lang (former nation/state/empire)  ........  Vǎn Lang (former nation/state/empire) (P)

Place Types:
former nation/state/empire (preferred, C)
kingdom (H)
Vietnamese (C)

Related geographic places:
historical connection ....  Viet Nam .......... (nation)
........................................  (World, Asia) [1000145]

Sources and Contributors:
Vǎn Lang..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Huy, The Confucian incursion (1998)
Van-lang..........  [VP]
.................  Taylor, The birth of Vietnam (1983) 309
Van Lang..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) "Vietnam"; accessed 23 May 2017
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Google Maps online (2000-) accessed 18 October 2016
..................  Huy, The Confucian incursion (1998)
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 18 October 2016
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 23 May 2017
..........  Huy, The Confucian incursion (1998)
..........  Taylor, The birth of Vietnam (1983) 309-311

 

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