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Bảy Núi (Vietnamese: [ɓa᷉ːj nǔj], Chữ Nôm: 罷𡶀, seven mountains), also known by the Sino-Vietnamese version Thất Sơn (Vietnamese: [tʰə́k ʂəːŋ], Chữ Hán: 七山), is a range of small mountains located in the Tri Tôn and Tịnh Biên districts in Vietnam's An Giang Province, very close to the Cambodian border.
Map of Phu Tho province in 1909. The history of the area is traced to the early third millennium BC during the Hong Bang period. Hence, the province was part of the first Vietnamese state known as Xich Quy. The Vietnamese rulers of this period are now collectively known as the Hùng kings.
Marble Mountains (Vietnamese: Ngũ Hành Sơn, Chữ Hán: 五行山; lit. "five elements mountains") is a cluster of five marble and limestone hills located in Ngũ Hành Sơn District, south of Da Nang city in Vietnam. The five mountains are named after the five elements: Kim (metal), Thủy (water), Mộc (wood), Hỏa (fire) and Thổ (earth).
The Cấm Mountains, also known as the Thất Sơn range or the "Seven Mountains", are located in the western Tịnh Biên District. Followers of the Bửu Sơn Kỳ Hương tradition, founded in An Giang in 1849, refer to these mountains as Bửu Sơn , "Precious Mountains".
The district is one of the most remote places in Vietnam. An Phú was a part of the Tầm Phong Long region that had links with former Funan kingdom and was given to the Nguyễn lords in 1757 by Chenla king Outey II. Due to favourable conditions for agriculture and water transportation, the Vietnamese settled in the area.
[7]: 90–6 In April 1974 during the Battle of Svay Rieng the 15th Infantry formed a task force with part of the 16th Armored Cavalry Squadron under the control of the 7th Division which, together with a 7th Division task force conducted a sweep of the Elephant's Foot ( 10°52′N 105°54′E / 10.87°N 105.9°E / 10.87; 105.9 ...
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Parker expressed his support for the Seven Mountains Mandate, a once-fringe philosophy that calls on evangelical Christians to reshape American life based ...
Kim's eldest son, Nguyen Uông, was also assassinated in order to secure Trịnh Kiểm's authority. [7] Nguyễn Hoàng, another son of Nguyễn Kim, feared a fate like Nguyễn Uông's so he pretended to have a mental illness. He asked his sister Ngoc Bao, who was a wife of Trịnh Kiểm, to entreat Trịnh Kiểm to let Nguyễn Hoàng ...