18,000 years · 5 cultures · 16 dynasties

🏯 Dynasty Timeline

Sixteen dynasties on record, and five archaeological cultures reaching back 18,000 years, in one frame. Tap for capitals, artefacts and decisive battles.

18,000 years in one frame. On top is the trench wall: five archaeological cultures in three regional lanes, the left half of its axis compressed and marked with a break. The bright window covers 700 BC to today, and that window is what fans out below into the true-scale dynasty band. Hover to inspect, click to open.

BELOW GROUND

Five archaeological cultures

Đông Sơn in the north, Sa Huỳnh in the centre, Óc Eo in the south: three cultures of the ancient communities who lived on what is now Vietnamese soil, overlapping in time in three different regions. Pick a card to see what came out of the ground.

Dates are approximate ranges, marked with ~. Prehistory is measured in years before present, counted from today: ~18,000 years ago corresponds to roughly 16,000 BC; from Đông Sơn onward the page switches to BC/AD. Sources: Vietnam National Museum of History, the Government Portal, and the An Giang provincial portal.

ABOVE GROUND

Sixteen eras, one road

tap a bar to open its details — each era plays its own animated scene

Dates follow mainstream chronicles (Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư & school curriculum). Bars are ordered chronologically, not scaled to duration — exact years are printed on every bar. Văn Lang & Âu Lạc are marked as legendary: their dates rest on tradition and archaeology, not verified records.