High Middle Ages · Southeast Asia · Politics
1054
Vietnam Renamed Dai Viet Under Ly Thanh Tong
1054
The young emperor Ly Thanh Tong ascended the throne and promptly renamed his kingdom from Dai Co Viet to Dai Viet - 'Great Viet' - a declaration of ambition compressed into two syllables. The new name signaled a state that saw itself as a civilization, not merely a successor polity. Under Ly Thanh Tong, Vietnam would build its Temple of Literature, codify Confucian learning, and push its borders southward into Champa territory.
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High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.