Messed up the audio slightly on this one guys, I was using a new microphone. Xin loi!

I had no idea you had made a series about Vietnam. Like you I am married to a beautiful Vietnamese woman. I have live in Da Nang for the last eleven years and have no intention of leaving in this lifetime. Trying to find books in english that talk about anything but the war is frustrating. The Viets are not nearly as obsessed with the war as Americans are, they spent nearly a thousand years trying to protect their independence, China, France, and finally the USA. They are a happy, industrious. and beautiful people. I am honored that they allow me to live here and enjoy real freedom.

awesome video man! Interesting about the shore increasing 100m every year that is pretty amazing

Nguyen! The “smith” of Vietnamese last names

intersting. I am Vietnamese and you show me the part about my own history. But more about fact and scientific way than myth and legend I had learned in school.

Love your vids on prehistory. So fascinating.

I loved this! I havent seen any videos on Vietnamese archeology before. Now i want MORE. 🙂👍

Hello, I am Vietnamese. I love my country's history very much, there are heroic struggles of my people. Thank you for making such a great video

Dragon, fairy story about the birth of 100 children has some context to it. It’s said 50 ascended inland (mountains) which are believed to be mung ppl and 50 descended into the sea (coastline) believed to be present day Vietnamese.

Vietnamese, People worthy of a lot of respect

Beowulf. I remember this being one of the first videos you made, a while back. Is still impressive. Thank you

Really enjoyed this mate. Defo gonna be checkin out your other videos.

This was the one of the first videos I've seen now have seen many more so I get it now. I'm glad I found your channel, keep it up I really enjoy your content. also I like that you list your sources.

Just returned from a tour, and our guide started their history with the fall of the old kingdoms to 1000 years of Chinese rule, then 200 years of civil war, from which the Nguyen family emerged victorious, who expanded to the south [now central] through dynastic unions with the existing 'Champ' peoples (who were linguistically and perhaps genetically Austronesian, ie same origins as today's Indonesians). The Nguyen family grew large and remained dominant due to the early kings granting power and privilege to families who changed their name to Nguyen and also the 'Tiger King' who had 500 concubines and sired 150 or so children. According to our guide, the Mekong delta was settled by migrants from the north who wanted a better life (probably getting a bit crowded up north). Nothing was said of the people already inhabiting the delta, but I guess they were Khmer from further up the river. Then the French! Great history, I'd love to see more detail from pre-colonial eras.

I'm part vietnamese and have read up extensively on Vietnamese history . Good Presentation. Of course, as you probably already know, the story gets even more complicated.

This is by far one of the very best videos in this field. The speaking speed is great, illustrations fine, sometimes funny too. No disturbing background wallpaper music. Excellent intelligibility and few technical terms. As far as the content is concerned, it's hard for me to judge because I already know quite a bit. Actually only one point for improvement: those hand movements.. my Vietnamese is incredibly limited but I would say don't use them as 'đôi tay' but as 'hai tay' .. thanks for the video,

Once again, a super cool video!!!

Great! Looking forward to see what's next!

nice video mate look forward to your future content

Thanks for breaking it down bro I’ll be wanting to learn about my history

Strolling through your videos...nice bruv, enjoying the stroll!

Could you do a video on the first people in Korea? I’m Korean and I’m so curious about where I come from but I don’t really understand archaeological literature

Awesome stuff! I love your channel

I’m Filipino and as neighbors we share racial and cuisine culture (rice and fish sauce). I’m learning about Hohabinian history through inquiry. Other than American influence, our other external influences differ though. The language there closer to unilingual, whereas rest of Malay is poly- lingual. I tasted Soup- in SoCal USA at my friends house, great even though cold 😋 I admire the enterprise of Vietnamese culture. Great vlog, Thank you 🙏

thanks for making these vids

i live in vietnam, wow shock to see you make this chuc mung for your wedding!

I live near the Co Loa ancient citadel, just woke up pretty early and went out for a walk. The place still looks amazing, very cultural and peaceful. At night sometimes it does feel kinda of scary too my house is near the ancient temple

So you spend a week or so learning about a topic, and share it with us. Great hobby/career.

Hi Stefan thanks for the chill and clear headed / well researched and pondering stuff. Really like it. Something that comes up a lot that I find pretty much as mysterious as I find interesting, what's your best guess for how early trade networks formed? Isolated, relatively self sufficient groups manage to come across all kinds of stuff from much farther than it is possible for them to travel. It just seems amazing that it always tends to happen that a group become dependent on some faraway resource.

Any chance of the more videos on Vietnam? My girlfriend is Vietnamese so I'm trying to learn more about the history and culture because as you said, all I'd heard about before was the war. Either way, absolutely bloody love your videos, keep dropping the bangers, big fan

Love your videos!!

Good video! Would love to hear more about Vietnamese history and prehistory

fascinating

Instant upvote and subscription for the orangutan photo!

Awesome video thank you for sharing! Looking forward to more content on Vietnam. Can I add that one of the earliest English oral histories may be Beowulf? I only say this because the origins of the Arthurian Legend is debatable. Here I go being that guy on the internet again.

Congrats on going viral with that video! I like your focus on prehistory, it's a time period that is often ignored. I especially like that you're talking about places other than Western countries. As you said, people only think of the Vietnam War when they think of Vietnam, which is a shame because it's a beautiful country with a fascinating history (from the little I know). Also, your hikes seem pretty damn awesome. Lucky!

Thank you for this

On point! Very accurate.

The double-harvest discussion was fascinating. In the Indian Deccan region, which is known for its egalitarianism, they could not double or triple-harvest (unlike the rest of India). As such, farmers had lots of free time and they used it to serve as soldiers, train as artisans, and otherwise earn supplemental incomes.

Me gusta mucho este video, muchas gracias amigo. Esperamos mas, y pronto, por favor!!

I'm interested in archaeology, I'm your fan, as a Vietnamese person, I'm so suprised that you researched Vietnamese history. Thank you very much.

Thanks for promoting awareness of Vietnamese history and culture! As a white person with a Vietnamese son, I'm excited by your inclusion of your wife's perspective and information. But did I hear you say you were going to make more videos about Viet Nam? Where are they?

Great Video. I just recently saw a vid showing a Vietnamese company is opening a 5 billion dollar plant in North Carolina to built two versions of an electric SUV. I think the USA and Vietnam are going to increase there trading more in the future!

If early humans were eating monkeys and orangutans, I wonder if they also ate other early hominids.

Dates you give the impactof Bronze are interesting.Really interesting. The very earliest chinese development is around bronze and ceramics which indicates an interesting separation that geography doesnt suggest. Thanks for the video.

I'm glad you didn't pause the video when your wife was helping you with pronunciation, it's a lovely moment ;)

Stefan I love your work and your channel. With all respect, would you mind if I use your data and images for an explanation of similar topics on an Spanish speaking channel? You'll see, I'm from Mexico and I love studying prehistory as a hobby. My girlfriend told me I should do a channel on the topics I love to talk about, and these topics have many common points with your videos. Of course I'd credit you and put a link to your channel, my main goal is to be able to propagate this fascinating information with my mexican friends. I'll understand whatever your answer is. Have a good day! And keep doing awesome content.

thanks it took alot of searching actually had to ask chatgpt how to narrow down the search because i could only find vietnam war history videos and was interested in the prehistory before i get to delving more into that then the schools taught me

As an American living in Guangxi, China I'm interested in the Annan period. I am aware Chinese coins were minted there and part of Annan is now Vietnam and part is China. The local dialect here sounds a lot like Vietnamese to me.

Great video from the pre-spoon era!

Way back in the 1960s I checked out a book at our local library. It was originally in French and translated to English. It was an excellent history of Vietnam. At that time, people my age were worried about getting drafted and fighting there. I joined the military in 1972 when I graduated high school, but I never got to Vietnam. I've got many friends who still either live there or travel there often. Regardless of the war, they loved Vietnam and the people.

This is really important to me as a european because it helps to correct the eurocentric, colonial view on the world's history that is still so prevalent in western culture and sadly also in my thinking. When I started learning about prehistory, I noticed that I myself seemed to have a strange reflex in my thinking that would somehow devalue the achievements of those non first-world civilisations for no apparent reason. At the same time I still admired those stunning accomplishments way before our modern times. This created a cognitive dissonance which I hope to overcome by learning even more about what happened far away from europe much earlier. Humankind has an awesome history all across the globe.

Gee, I didn't know that Vietnam looked like the PNW👍👍

More!

I love this man!! Move to Canada and be my best friend.

As someone with south east asian ancestry I'd love to see more videos related to this!

Arthurian legends are pre-English Celtic legends, developped later by French writers. Indeed, they're all about the Celts fighting against the English.

Where is that backdrop? Looks like a rad hike man 🤙

Totally watching this because my boyfriend has Vietnamese in him too :) I'm so curious about their history.

I too have a new Vietnamese wife and child. I'm fascinated by the countries history and culture. One thing I'll point out though is about the origin myth of the Vietnamese people. I've heard the story too, but its not the reason why there are so many Nguyen's, Tran's, Le's, Pham's, and other identical surnames. It's more to do with the ruling families. Every time the dynasty changed, people would change their names to match that of the ruling family's. The old dynasties family would be killed off. So to minimize the risk that it would be an early death, there would be mass renaming of surnames instead. The last ruling dynasty were the Nguyen's, which ended in 1945. Hence why around 40% of all Vietnamese are Nguyen. I look forward to more content on this subject.

Hey Stefan, you mentioned plans on more Vids about Vietnamese history. Any chance you're still working on them?

The orangutan joke made me LOL 😂 instant sub!!! I have many videos to watch now 🙂 thank you for this video! I was just looking up Vietnamese history out of curiosity and appreciation, and this video was an excellent place to start! Thank youuuuuuu ✌🏼✌🏼

Don’t forget Montagnard indigenous the ancient one we live in Central highland for centuries just like a native America, aboriginal Australia.You enjoy Vietnamese pho .

You gotta do more ancient Vietnamese history and anthropology Stefan

You use such beautiful backdrops, can you tell us where they are?

Did I miss the location credit? What's the peak behind you?

I like that picture you had for the orangutan. Very fitting indeed.

Very interesting video, I thought south east Asia was heavily influences by China very early but now I see they have a very long history on their own. Are you planning on making other videos covering some Asian regions? Happy new year

Vietnamese wife You got taste. And Im a rare one. I first found out about Vietnam from the Trung Sisters before about the modern war aka the (vague since well, their 6000 wars with china) Vietnam War

Milo is great. He also cracks me up

Its 4000 years of Vietnamese history. BCE is all legend

Love the backdrop...love the exploration of less-talked about history (in Western circles)...many thanks

how couldn't I find this before? damn, I'm a Vietnamese but this guy knows more about ancient Vietnam than I do, lol

Fascinating discussion of the stages toward civilization on the other side of the world (which reflects on the origins of civilization in the so-called Western world). Talley-Ho and Diddletty-Doo to you, too.

Something even we Vietnamese dont know it yet... wow... great reaseach...

Obligatory engagement comment. Nothing much to say, but I'm having a blast watching through your archives.

Apparently, the chicken was also first domesticate in the Indochinese Peninsula - possibly by a pre/proto-Vietnamese culture. The modern Vietnamese (Kinh) people are a hybrid mix of local Lac cultures and incoming Chinese Chin Dynasty military colonists from around the 2nd century BC - and they also gradually mixed with various highland tribes, Cham people in central Vietnam and Khmer people in the South. Like the Chinese Han people (or Arabs) - the Vietnamese (Kinh) are not homogenous, but are a 'super ethnicity' that absorbs genetically and linguistically different groups into a unified language, culture and people. The ancestors of the Vietnamese Royal Dynasties: Tran, Nguyen, Le, Ly (and popular family names) originated in coastal Fujian province of China - and these clans settled into coastal north Vietnam during the period Chinese control. They set up more technologically advanced fishing and aqua-industries and became fabulously wealthy and powerful. After the independence of Vietnam from China, they became Nobility and created the various Royal Dynasties of Vietnam. I'm part Vietnamese and have been to Vietnam - fascinating history and an amazing place.

The bong joke got me weak 😂

That's a beautiful landscape. I never knew Vietnam look like Colorado or Sierra Nevada

Nice video. It seems the legend of Âu Cơ boring 100 children intersects with the history of the Baiyue, or the Hundred Tribes of Yue (Yue = Việt in Vietnamese).

Interesting parallels in the cosmology from the Sumerian text. The creators were flyjng creatures and the first men were created unnaturally. Easy to dismiss what can later turn out to be crucial. I feel sure Stephan will wish he hadn't mentioned it now. Lol

Came for the skiddly, subscribed for the doo

Good stuff. More south east asia and early India would be fantastic.

Land you are in Looks like Canada

Dragon Fairies...wildest feckin party I’ve ever been too.

can you help me tell the first ancient person life in sundaland before and after sinking incident to be finally are archipelago, sir?

Dong Son was a multi-ethnic society and to this day The Karen people of Myanmar and Thailand use the Dong Son bronze drum has a national emblem (even appearing on their flag), showing a cultural connection to that civilisation. The drums themselves are found in archaeological sites around the region into present-day Thailand showing the extent of Dong Son influence.

Can sadness you talk about the ancient Vietnamese languages & writing systems, especially the one that before the Chinese Han writing?

I’m not a big fan of human sacrifices, but I love me some Stefan Milo videos.

Omg Stephan I can see why you go as Milo. That's a heck of a tricky name to say.

I'm a descendent of one of the many tribes in the Central Highlands: X'tieng ( or S'tieng). From research, I've learned that when the Vietnamese invaded from somewhere near southern China, many indigenous habitants of the land escaped to the Central Highlands. But now with the Communist's overthrow ad rule, my people (the indigenous people of Vietnam) are suffering genocide, enslavement, loss of land, loss of culture. Whatever is seen now is government's propaganda for tourists. It would be interesting (and fair) if someone would tell the whole truth - including of my people's story.

Your wife looks more like Native American than Vietnamese, for sure in a good way. Btw, it's "Hoabinhian"

Xin tác giả in phụ đề Tiếng Việt, Cảm ơn!

Where did he film this? Montana?

Korean mythology also includes foundational rulers hatched from eggs.

Did the proto Vietnamese develop Bronze on their own? Possibly, possibly not. But we will never really know. The question is. What is the tin source? Or was it Arsenic based?

Dude can pronounce Nguyen. Good on ya!

How about the Center Highland of Vietnam can you tell me the History?

The Irish Book of Invasions is oral history and it goes back like six thousand years. They even knew how many boats they took over from the Ukraine way back when.

It will be interesting to visit your family in the future, Genius kids probably.....get them working on that fusion problem. Loving yall