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In the book Vietnamese Tradition on Trial, 1920-1945 written by David G. Marr, an American Professor, told the story of Trieu Thi Trinh as follow: Trieu Thi Trinh was a 9-foot-tall (2.7 m) woman who had 3-foot-long (0.91 m) breasts. She also had a voice which sounded like a temple bell, and she could eat many rice pecks and walk 500 leagues per ...
Vietnamese Martyrs (Vietnamese: Các Thánh Tử đạo Việt Nam), also known as the Martyrs of Tonkin and Cochinchina, collectively Martyrs of Annam or formerly Martyrs of Indochina, are saints of the Catholic Church who were canonized by Pope John Paul II.
The former Qin commander Zhao Tuo (Trieu Da in Vietnamese) established the state of Nanyue in 204 BC and had conquered Âu Lạc in 180 BC, incorporating the Vietnamese realm into his own. [6] In 112 BC, Emperor Wu of Han dispatched soldiers against Nanyue and the kingdom was annexed in 111 BC during the ensuing Han conquest of Nanyue.
Triệu Thị Trinh or Lady Triệu: a female Vietnamese warrior (225 to 248 CE) also known as the Vietnamese Joan of Arc; Trieu Da General of Qin Dynasty who founded the Trieu Dynasty/Nanyue in Vietnam; Triệu Việt Vương (Triệu Quang Phục), independence leader in the 6th century; Andy Trieu (born 1984), Australian host, actor and ...
248 – Trieu Thi Trinh led a rebellion against the Chinese in Vietnam. [177] 270–272 – Zenobia, the queen of Palmyra, led armies into battle against the Roman ...
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Notable women from Asia include Qiu Jin (China), Trieu Thi Trinh (Vietnam), Miriam Defensor-Santiago (the Philippines), Sirimavo Bandaranaike (Sri Lanka) and Mandukhai Khatun (Mongolia). [119] Kyrgyz oral literature includes the story of Janyl-myrza, a young woman who led her tribe to liberation from the enemy when no man in the tribe could do ...
Trieu Thi Trinh, Vietnamese female warrior (d. 248) Zhong Hui, Chinese general and politician (d. 264) 226. Lu Kang, Chinese general and politician (d. 274) Wang Bi (or Fusi), Chinese philosopher (d. 249) Saint Valentine, Roman patron saint (d. 269) 227. Herennius Etruscus, Roman emperor (d. 251) Sima Zhou, Chinese prince and general (d. 283)