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Vietnam: Dong Son dagger with figure on hilt, c. 500-100 BCE

Vietnam: Dong Son dagger with figure on hilt, c. 500-100 BCE

Đông Sơn was a prehistoric Bronze Age culture in Vietnam centered on the Red River Valley of northern Vietnam. At this time the first Vietnamese kingdoms of Văn Lang and Âu Lạc appeared. Its influence flourished in other neighbouring parts of Southeast Asia from about 500 BCE to 100 CE.

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