Book contents
- A Maritime Vietnam
- Dedication
- A Maritime Vietnam
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Maritime Formations
- 2 Aromatics, Buddhism, and the Making of a South Seas Emporium
- 3 ‘THE Harbour and THE Path of All Countries’
- 4 Maritime Resurgence and the Rise of Dai Viet
- 5 Winds of Trade from the Middle East
- 6 Muslim Trade and the Conquest of the Coast
- 7 Silks and Society
- 8 Seventeenth-Century Dang Trong
- 9 The Rise and Fall of the Eighteenth-Century Water Frontier
- 10 Ships and the Problem of Political Integration
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
1 - Maritime Formations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 January 2024
Book contents
- A Maritime Vietnam
- Dedication
- A Maritime Vietnam
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Maritime Formations
- 2 Aromatics, Buddhism, and the Making of a South Seas Emporium
- 3 ‘THE Harbour and THE Path of All Countries’
- 4 Maritime Resurgence and the Rise of Dai Viet
- 5 Winds of Trade from the Middle East
- 6 Muslim Trade and the Conquest of the Coast
- 7 Silks and Society
- 8 Seventeenth-Century Dang Trong
- 9 The Rise and Fall of the Eighteenth-Century Water Frontier
- 10 Ships and the Problem of Political Integration
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 1 examines the geographical and historical setting of Jiaozhi. Thanks to the sea, Jiaozhi formed a strategic knot integrating a network that reached as far as Sichuan, Central China, the South China Coast, and the South China Sea. Looking to the north, this structure integrated the Gulf of Tongking firmly into the empire of the Han, laying the basis for a millennium of Chinese rule in the Red River Delta. Looking to the south, it secured Chinese access to the riches of Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean.
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- A Maritime VietnamFrom Earliest Times to the Nineteenth Century, pp. 17 - 51Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024