Dai Vietnam Research Paper

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Jennifer Le
Anayeli Hernandez
3rd period 3.15.17
Dai Viet - Vietnam 1054-1300
Dai Viet was the former name of Vietnam. Dai Viet replaced the name of the chinese; Annam and they made political, economic, and cultural progress. Ngo Quyen was the head of the new Vietnamese province. For half a century, independence didn’t bring peace or government stability. In the early 11th century, Vietnam was unified under Ly Thai To. Ly Thai To was the founder of the Ly dynasty. Dai Viet fought against the Islamic and also butted heads with the Cambodian Empire. Because of the wars, Ly dynasty started to decline. The Yuan Dynasty came from China in 1279 and they sent armies more than 30,000 soldiers to take back the Red River Delta to the Chinese. Draining

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