A temple dedicated to these figures was supposedly erected after a local Buddhist priest named Cam Thinh (“kam tin”) prayed to them for famine relief, after which it rained the very next day. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these figures who launched a 40 CE rebellion in the Red River Delta. Some sources record that these figures were ultimately beheaded by Mǎ Yuán while others write that they died by suicide in the Hát Giang (“haht zee-ahng”) River.
ANSWER: Trưng Sisters [or Hai Bà Trưng; accept Trưng Trắc or Trưng Nhị; accept Queen Trưng or Trưng Nữ Vương; accept Zhēng Sisters]
[10h] Chinese term required. The Trưng Sisters targeted Hàn commanderies formed after the defeat of a kingdom founded by Zhào Tuó and named after the southern clans of this ethnic group. The “hundred” clans of this ethnic group ruled the Lǐngnán region and spoke a namesake language class ancestral to modern Cantonese.
ANSWER: Yuè (“y’weh”) [accept Southern Yuè or Nányuè; accept Hundred Yuè or Baiyuè; prompt on Việt or Nam Việt]
[10e] Like the Qín and Hàn emperors, rulers of Nányuè (“NAHN-y’weh”) used tiger tallies made of gold and this other material. The Đông Sơn drums were made of this material, which also names a historical period that preceded the Iron Age.
ANSWER: bronze [accept Bronze Age]
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