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TravelersarefrequentingVietnamdaybydayinlargenumbers.Peoplearefascinated whentheycometoknowabouttheglorioushistoryofVietnam.Flippingthroughthe pagesofbygoneeras,historyofVietnamcomestotheforefront.Vietnamhistoryisas richandevocativeasanywhereontheearth. Recentarchaeologicalfindssuggestthattheearliesthumanhabitationofnorthern Vietnamwasabout500,000yearsago.Thesamearcadewaswitnessingthe flourishingofNeolithicculturesjust10,000yearsagoanditwasalsoengagedin primitiveagricultureasearlyas7000BC.ThesophisticatedBronzeAgeDongSon culture,whichisfamousforitsdrums,emergedsometimearoundthe3rdcenturyBC. Intheearly10thcenturytheTangdynastyinChinacollapsed.TheVietnameseseized theinitiativeandlaunchedalongoverduerevoltagainstChineseruleinVietnam. DefinitelytheAmericanWarinVietnamcapturedtheattentionoftheWest,butcenturies beforethatVietnamwasscrappingwiththeChinese,theKhmers,theChamsandthe Mongols.CivilizationofVietnamisregardedassophisticatedasthatofChina,its neighbor,fromwhereitdrewmanyofitsinfluencesunderathousandyearoccupation. LatercametheFrenchandthehumblingperiodofcolonialismfromwhichVietnam couldntemergeuntilthesecondhalfofthe20thcentury.TheAmericansweresimply thelastinalonglineofinvaderswhohadcomeandgonethroughthecenturiesand,no matterwhatwasrequiredorhowlongittook,theytoowouldbevanquished.Ifonlythe plannersbackinWashingtonhadpaidjustalittlemoreattentiontothehistoryofthis veryproudnation,thenVietnammighthaveavoidedthetraumaandtragedyofa horriblybrutalwar. VisitorstoVietnamhistorytoursnoticethatthesamenamespopupagainandagain onthestreetsofeverycityandtown.ThesearenoneotherthanthoseofVietnams nationalheroeswho,overthelast2000years,haveledthecountryinitsrepeated expulsionsofforeigninvadersandwhoseexploitshaveinspiredsubsequent generationsofpatriots. HistorytoursinVietnamtakethetravelerstomanysignificanthistoricalsitesof Vietnamthataremorethancaptivatingandsurelyareaweinspiring.Throughoutits rich2700yearlonghistory,thiscountryhasgivenbirthtomanyhistoricallocationsin Vietnam.ThesefamoushistoricalplacesinVietnamhavewitnessedtheheartwringing sightsandarestillsatndingtalltobespeakitsglory.Theheavybombingandwarfare sitescanbefoundinanycityhereandmostareopentotourists.
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