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... Chinese empire . The northern part of what is now Vietnam had been conquered by the Chinese empire in 111 BC ; it re- mained under Chinese rule until AD 939. In the south there were two Indianized states , Funan ( founded during the 1st ...
... Chinese empire . The northern part of what is now Vietnam had been conquered by the Chinese empire in 111 BC ; it re- mained under Chinese rule until AD 939. In the south there were two Indianized states , Funan ( founded during the 1st ...
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... Chinese that is distinctively different from Mandarin . The earliest inhabitants , of Tai or Shan origin , were assimilated by the Chinese ( Han ) long ago . There are , however , small groups of Manchus and Chinese Muslims ( Hui ) in ...
... Chinese that is distinctively different from Mandarin . The earliest inhabitants , of Tai or Shan origin , were assimilated by the Chinese ( Han ) long ago . There are , however , small groups of Manchus and Chinese Muslims ( Hui ) in ...
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... Chinese assimilation of the Yüeh people proceeded , and integration of the region into the empire took firm root . During the four centuries from the Three Kingdoms to the founding of the T'ang dynasty in AD 618 , when North China was ...
... Chinese assimilation of the Yüeh people proceeded , and integration of the region into the empire took firm root . During the four centuries from the Three Kingdoms to the founding of the T'ang dynasty in AD 618 , when North China was ...
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