Indochina c. 1010 AD. ??i Vi?t lands in yellow, Champa polities in green and Khmer Empire in purple. Ngô Quy?n in 938 declared himself king, but died right after only six yrs. His untimely Loss of life right after a short reign resulted in a power battle for that throne, leading to the nation's initially big civil war, the upheaval from the Twelv