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Trung Nhi and Trung Trac
Queens of Vietnam
(ruled
39-42 C.E.)
 Since 111 B.C.E., Vietnam had been under the thumb of its huge neighbor
China. When a Chinese general murdered a rebellious Vietnamese nobleman and
raped his widow, the widow, Trung Trac, and her sister, Trung Nhi, roused
the local lords and led a rebellion against the Chinese. They were so
successful that they carved out an independent kingdom of which they were
made queens. It was a golden time for Vietnam, but it ended when the Chinese
sent a huge army to take back the kingdom. The sisters committed suicide,
but they are still honored in Vietnamese temples.
u4. Which queen took over a sizeable chunk of the Roman
Empire, sometimes riding with her troops on horse- or camelback?
Hai Ba Trung Temple, Hanoi
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