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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who ruled northern Vietnam from 111 B.C. to A.D. 393?
A
Japan
B
Thailand
C
England
D
China
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Bắc thuộc in Vietnamese historiography is traditionally considered to have started in 111 BC, when the Han dynasty conquered Nanyue (Vietnamese “Nam Việt") and lasted until 939, when the Ngô dynasty was founded.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Ly dynasty Ngo Quyen, a Vietnamese commander who defeated the Chinese in 939, became the first head of the new independent Vietnamese province.

Detailed explanation-3: -Background: France occupied all of Vietnam by 1884. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by communist forces under Ho Chi MINH, who took control of the north.

Detailed explanation-4: -Trung Sisters, byname of Trung Trac and Trung Nhi, (flourished ad 39–43), heroines of the first Vietnamese independence movement, who headed a rebellion against the Chinese Han-dynasty overlords and briefly established an autonomous state.

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