Dong Son culture

Dong Son culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Vietnam (Southeast Asia) from c. 1000 BCE to 100 CE, a span of 1,099 years. Its people spoke Austroasiatic languages (Khmer, Mon, Vietnamese, Munda).

A Bronze Age culture of the Red River and Ma valleys famous for large bronze drums decorated with boats, birds and dancers, traded as far as eastern Indonesia. It is linked to the Lac Viet and the kingdom of Van Lang.

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Facts

Dates

c. 1000 BCE to 100 CE

Duration

1,099 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Vietnam, Southeast Asia

Language family

Austroasiatic

Came from

• Phung Nguyen and Dong Dau cultures c. 2000 to 1000 BCE

Events in Southeast Asia during its time

• 500 BCE Dong Son bronze drums
• 111 BCE Han conquest of Nanyue
• 40 Trung sisters' revolt

Neighbours in Southeast Asia

• Pyu city-states c. 200 BCE to 1050 CE
• Second Chinese domination 43 to 544 CE
• Funan c. 68 to 550 CE
• First Chinese domination (Han) 111 BCE to 40 CE
• Langkasuka c. 100 to 1400 CE
• Van Lang c. 700 to 258 BCE
• Nanyue (Nam Viet) 204 to 111 BCE
• Au Lac 257 to 179 BCE
• Trung sisters' kingdom 40 to 43 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE, Europe
• Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE, Middle East
• Greek city-states c. 800 to 338 BCE, Europe
• Roman Empire 27 BCE to 395 CE, Europe
• Kushan Empire c. 30 to 375 CE, South Asia
• Neo-Assyrian Empire 911 to 609 BCE, Middle East

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