Tây Sơn dynasty
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The Tây Sơn dynasty, officially Đại Việt, was an imperial dynasty of Vietnam. It originated in a revolt led by three peasant brothers with the surname Nguyễn, rebelling against the Lê dynasty, Trịnh l
Late 18th-century painting depicting the Qianlong Emperor receiving Nguyễn Quang Hiển, the peace envoy from Nguyen Hue in Beijing
Tây Sơn district, where 3 Tây Sơn brothers started their revolution against Nguyễn clan's rule.
A war drum of the Tây Sơn rebels
An opera house in Phú Yên, 1793
Tây Sơn wars
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The Tây Sơn wars or Tây Sơn rebellion, often known as the Vietnamese civil war of 1771–1802, were a series of military conflicts that followed the Vietnamese peasant uprising at Tây Sơn that were led
A view of Đông Kinh (Hanoi) from the Red River in 1685
Emperor Lê Hy Tông gives an audience
Vietnamese communal temple đình in Huế
Phát Diệm Cathedral in Ninh Bình, north Vietnam. By the 18th century, there were more than 300,000 Catholic Christians in Vietnam.