Wudi’s Han Chinese forces arrive at Nam …
Years: 117BCE - 106BCE
Wudi’s Han Chinese forces arrive at Nam Viet’s Red River delta in 113 and conquer the kingdom within two years, annexing the Dong-son homeland of Tonkin to the Chinese empire.
The conquered Nam Viet, divided into nine military administrative districts, becomes the Chinese province of Giao Chi.
The empire dispatches Chinese peasant-soldiers to set up villages and build forts in the region, which the Chinese call Annam (“Pacified South”).
