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Annan (Tang protectorate)
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<table><tbody><tr><th><a href="/facts/History_of_Vietnam/Trkdkzvy">History</a> of <a href="/facts/Vietnam/0ulfA8Eq">Vietnam</a>(by <a href="/facts/Names_of_Vietnam/jdtfT6vU">names of Vietnam</a>)</th><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><th colspan="2"></th></tr><tr><td>2879–2524 BC</td><td><a href="/facts/H%E1%BB%93ng_B%C3%A0ng_dynasty/5G9lQCeU">Xích Quỷ</a> (mythological)</td></tr><tr><td>7th century–258 BC</td><td><a href="/facts/V%C4%83n_Lang/5G9lQCeU">Văn Lang</a></td></tr><tr><td>257–179 BC</td><td><a href="/facts/%C3%82u_L%E1%BA%A1c/awMPUqqc">Âu Lạc</a></td></tr><tr><td>204–111 BC</td><td><a href="/facts/Nanyue/ChTAt0yJ">Nam Việt</a></td></tr><tr><td>111 BC – 40 AD</td><td><a href="/facts/Jiaozhi/FWKSCBl3">Giao Chỉ</a></td></tr><tr><td>40–43</td><td><a href="/facts/Tr%C6%B0ng_Sisters/hKJfEDDM">Lĩnh Nam</a></td></tr><tr><td>43–203</td><td><a href="/facts/Jiaozhi/FWKSCBl3">Giao Chỉ</a></td></tr><tr><td>203–544</td><td><a href="/facts/Jiaozhou_(region)/vbFmmsm5">Giao Châu</a></td></tr><tr><td>544–602</td><td><a href="/facts/Early_L%C3%BD_dynasty/FLnkC81T">Vạn Xuân</a></td></tr><tr><td>602–679</td><td><a href="/facts/Jiaozhou_(region)/vbFmmsm5">Giao Châu</a></td></tr><tr><td>679–757</td><td><a href="/facts/Annam_(province)/UlnD78gp">An Nam</a></td></tr><tr><td>757–766</td><td><a href="/facts/Third_Chinese_domination_of_Vietnam/GsQ1F3pN">Trấn Nam</a></td></tr><tr><td>766–866</td><td><a href="/facts/Annam_(province)/UlnD78gp">An Nam</a></td></tr><tr><td>866–968</td><td><a href="/facts/T%C4%A9nh_H%E1%BA%A3i_qu%C3%A2n/vFC5Eaf3">Tĩnh Hải quân</a></td></tr><tr><td>968–1054</td><td><a href="/facts/%C4%90%E1%BA%A1i_C%E1%BB%93_Vi%E1%BB%87t/ksz5RByd">Đại Cồ Việt</a></td></tr><tr><td>1054–1400</td><td><a href="/facts/%C4%90%E1%BA%A1i_Vi%E1%BB%87t/ksz5RByd">Đại Việt</a></td></tr><tr><td>1400–1407</td><td><a href="/facts/%C4%90%E1%BA%A1i_Ngu/b4slJAFV">Đại Ngu</a></td></tr><tr><td>1407–1427</td><td><a href="/facts/Jiaozhi_Province/bxeGrKqu">Giao Chỉ</a></td></tr><tr><td>1428–1804</td><td><a href="/facts/%C4%90%E1%BA%A1i_Vi%E1%BB%87t/ksz5RByd">Đại Việt</a></td></tr><tr><td>1804–1839</td><td><a href="/facts/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_dynasty/BUwd9crg">Việt Nam</a></td></tr><tr><td>1839–1945</td><td><a href="/facts/%C4%90%E1%BA%A1i_Nam/BUwd9crg">Đại Nam</a></td></tr><tr><td>1887–1954</td><td><a href="/facts/French_Indochina/Sv3okbSs">Đông Dương</a></td></tr><tr><td>1945–</td><td><a href="/facts/History_of_Vietnam_since_1945/AXXNskfl">Việt Nam</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Main template</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2">History of Vietnam</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2"><ul><li>v</li><li>t</li><li>e</li></ul></th></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Annan (<a href="/facts/Chinese_language/771ruUY1">Chinese</a>: 安南; <a href="/facts/Pinyin/pUwjfMXg">pinyin</a>: <i>Ānnán</i>; <a href="/facts/Vietnamese_language/J3Pbx58C">Vietnamese</a>: <i>An Nam</i>; <a href="/facts/Literal_translation/0cF1oFRh">lit.</a> 'pacified south') was an <a href="/facts/Protectorate_(imperial_China)/xAm4HVhX">imperial protectorate</a> and the southernmost administrative division of the <a href="/facts/Tang_dynasty/FFhmVfwM">Tang dynasty</a> and <a href="/facts/Wu_Zhou/1sHfIYU2">Wu Zhou dynasty</a> of China from 679 to 866, located in modern-day <a href="/facts/Vietnam/0ulfA8Eq">Vietnam</a>. An Nam, simplified to "Annam", is the <a href="/facts/Vietnamese_language/J3Pbx58C">Vietnamese</a> form of the <a href="/facts/Chinese_language/771ruUY1">Chinese</a> name Annan, which means "the Pacified South" or "to pacify the South", a <a href="/facts/Clipping_(morphology)/ckVHjD3q">clipped</a> form of the full name, the "Protectorate General to Pacify the South" (<a href="/facts/Chinese_language/771ruUY1">Chinese</a>: 安南都護府; <a href="/facts/Pinyin/pUwjfMXg">pinyin</a>: <i>Ānnán Dūhùfǔ</i>; <a href="/facts/Vietnamese_language/J3Pbx58C">Vietnamese</a>: <i>An Nam đô hộ phủ</i>). </p><p>In 679, the Annan Protectorate replaced the <a href="/facts/Jiaozhou_(region)/vbFmmsm5">Jiaozhou</a> Protectorate (Chinese: 交州; pinyin: <i>Jiāozhōu</i>) (<a href="/facts/Chinese_language/771ruUY1">Chinese</a>: 交趾; <a href="/facts/Pinyin/pUwjfMXg">pinyin</a>: <i>Jiāozhǐ</i>; <a href="/facts/Vietnamese_language/J3Pbx58C">Vietnamese</a>: <i>Giao Chỉ</i>), also known as <a href="/facts/Jiaozhi/FWKSCBl3">Jiaozhi</a>, with its seat situated in <a href="/facts/T%E1%BB%91ng_B%C3%ACnh/EYItGhHv">Songping County</a> (宋平縣) (modern <a href="/facts/Hanoi/0W2xfMQN">Hanoi</a>). Annan was renamed to Zhennan for a brief period from 757 to 760 before reverting to Annan. </p><p>After coming under attack by <a href="/facts/Nanzhao/B70HgxJL">Nanzhao</a> in 864, the Annan Protectorate was renamed <a href="/facts/T%C4%A9nh_H%E1%BA%A3i_qu%C3%A2n/vFC5Eaf3">Jinghai Military Command</a> upon its reconquest by <a href="/facts/Gao_Pian/g25swDGQ">Gao Pian</a> in 866. Today the same area is sometimes known as <a href="/facts/Tonkin/XS01Ges5">Tonkin</a> (<a href="/facts/Chinese_language/771ruUY1">Chinese</a>: 東京; <a href="/facts/Pinyin/pUwjfMXg">pinyin</a>: <i>Dōngjīng</i>; <a href="/facts/Vietnamese_language/J3Pbx58C">Vietnamese</a>: <i>Đông Kinh</i>), the "eastern capital" of <a href="/facts/%C4%90%E1%BA%A1i_Vi%E1%BB%87t/ksz5RByd">Đại Việt</a>. Locally, the area is known as <i>Bắc Kỳ</i> (北圻), the "northern area". </p>