History of Thailand

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The History of Thailand begins with the earliest Bronze and Iron Age sites such as Ban Chiang around 1500 BCE. The region of present-day Thailand was inhabited by the main indigenous groups: Mon, Lawa, Khmer, and Malay in the 1st millennium. The Kra-Dai-speaking Tai tribes mass migrated from South China to Mainland Southeast Asia between the 8th-10th century. This intensified in the 13th century by pressure of the Mongol armies in China. The Tai tribes settled in northern and central areas like the city-state Lavo. The Tai people assimilated with the indigenous groups and adopted the Dvaravati culture which thrived in the city-states along the Chao Phraya Basin. In the oldest region Northern Thailand, the main ethnic group Tai-Yuan established their own kingdoms: the semi-legendary Singhanavati Kingdom (691 BCE–638 CE) evolved into the Ngoenyang Kingdom (638–1292). In 1220, the Khmer-controlled Sukhothai was conquered by the Thais and made the capital of the Sukhothai Kingdom. Lavo was...

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