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	History of Myanmar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Pyu arrived in Myanmar in the 1st century BC and established city kingdoms at Binnaka, Mongamo, Sri Ksetra, Peikthanomyo, and Halingyi.
		With the coming of European traders, Myanmar was once again an important trading centre, and Tabinshwehti moved his capital to Pegu due to its commercial value.
		Traditional Myanmar society was drastically altered by the ending of the monarchy and the separation of church and state.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Myanmar (4084 words)

	Myanmar Exercise @ ArtOfTexas.com (Art of Texas) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Myanmar is the second-largest producer of heroin in the world.
		Buddhism in Myanmar is predominantly Theravada Buddhism and is practised by 89% of the population, especially the Bamar (and its subgroups, including the Rakhine), Shan, Mon, and Chinese.
		Myanmar's educational system is modelled after that of Great Britain, and colonial architectural influences are most evident in cities such as Yangon and Mawlamyine.
	artoftexas.com /encyclopedia/Myanmar (2598 words)

	ipedia.com: History of Myanmar Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Pyu arrived in Myanmar in the 7th century and established city kingdoms at Binnaka, Mongamo, Sri Ksetra, and Halingyi.
		With the coming of European traders, Myanmar was once again an important trading center, and Tabinshwehti moved his capital to Pegu due to its commercial value.
		In response to the continued conquests of Myanmar, the British and the Siamese joined forces against Myanmar in 1824.
	www.ipedia.com /history_of_myanmar.html (2630 words)

	Buddhism in Myanmar
		Both Buddhist cultures in the south of Myanmar, the Mon and the Pyu, were swept away in the eleventh century by armies of the Myanmar who had found a unifying force in their leader, the founder of Pagan and champion of Buddhism, Anawratha.
		Myanmar was ready to study the analysis of mind and matter as taught by the Buddha.
		The Myanmar court was so out of touch with the modern world that it still believed Myanmar to be the center of the world and her army virtually invincible.
	www.accesstoinsight.org /lib/authors/bischoff/wheel399.html (21566 words)

	History of Myanmar: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Thaton is a town in southern myanmar on the tenasserim plains....
		Yangôn (), formerly rangoon, population 4,504,000 (2001), is the capital of myanmar....
		General khin nyunt (born october 11, 1939 in kyauktan, burma) was the prime minister of myanmar and the chief of intelligence of the myanmar army....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hi/history_of_myanmar.htm (5871 words)

	Myanmar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Myanmar flag is displayed with fair frequency by the government, particularly around major intersections of larger towns.
		The current national emblem was officially adopted on 3rd January 1974 in accordance with Article 191/192 of the constitution of the Union of Myanmar which was adopted by the national referendum conducted in the previous year.
		A quick look at the various official websites of Myanmar, appears to confirm that the flag as currently flown has a ratio of 5:9, that the canton is one-half the width of the flag and in proportions of 5:8, and that the emblem occupies some 88 - 90% the width of the canton.
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/mm.html (892 words)

	Burma(Myanmar) History & Burma(Myanmar) Culture \| iExplore.com
		Previously known (and often still referred to) as Burma, the area of Myanmar was populated through three waves of migration: by the Hmon people from what is now Cambodia; by Mongol people from the eastern Himalayas; and, finally, by Thais from northern Thailand.
		Myanmar's military junta has put the death toll at 61, but there are concerns that this is an underestimate.
		Although Myanmar’s oil production, never substantial, has been falling during the last 10 years, there are thought to be large untapped reserves of both oil and gas inland.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Burma(Myanmar)/History (1208 words)

	Myanmar's History
		Myanmar's leader, as well as the AFPFL's, during its early years of independence was U Nu, a former student leader and the foreign minister of Ba Maw.
		Since she would not leave Myanmar (be exiled), she was detained for longer than the legal limit (which the government then changed).
		Finally, in August of 1995 she was released from house arrest and was permitted to stay in Yangon, where she conversed weekly with thousands of people, both citizens and foreigners outside her front gate.
	www.asianinfo.org /asianinfo/myanmar/pro-history.htm (1293 words)

	History of Myanmar: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The History of Burma (Myanmar (Myanmar: A mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal)) is long and complex.
		Continuing reports of human rights violations in Myanmar led the United States to intensify sanctions in 1997, and the European Union (European Union: An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members) followed suit in 2000.
		History of Asia (History of Asia: the history of asia can be seen as the collective history of several distict peripheral coastal...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/history_of_myanmar (4102 words)

	An Introduction to Myanmar
		Travel to Myanmar is as a result a rather vexed moral question, as the bulk of tourist revenue falls into the government's coffers.
		Myanmar's coastline defines the eastern shore of the Bay of Bengal, running from the Bangladesh border in the northwest down to the Malay Peninsula and Thai territory in the southeast.
		Myanmar's population includes dozens of different racial and ethnic groups, including the Mon, Burmans, Kachins, Chins, Shans, Rakhine, and Karens, each of which have historically dominated a particular area of the country.
	www.geographia.com /myanmar (1617 words)

	Myanmar: History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Early History through World War II Myanmar's early history is mainly the story of the struggle of the Burmans against the Mons, or Talaings (of Mon-Khmer origin, now assimilated).
		Myanmar was ruled by his successors (the Konbaung dynasty) when friction with the British over border areas in India led to war in 1824.
		Myanmar moved toward closer political and economic relations with neighboring India and Thailand in the 1990s, and in 1999 it was accepted as a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0859850.html (1818 words)

	Alcohol and Drugs History Society: Myanmar
		Myanmar, the world's second-largest grower of opium after Afghanistan, has slashed its poppy cultivation by 60 per cent over the past four years, a semi-official publication said on Monday.
		Rampant deforestation in Myanmar's (Burma's) northern states, bordering China, has led to an increase in opium cultivation by a new crop of more sophisticated farmers, a senior United Nations official acknowledged on Tuesday.
		The supreme leader of Myanmar's Wa Special Region No. 2 is allowing his farmers one last harvest—just getting under way—of opium poppies before enforcing an absolute ban on the drug, its cultivation, sale and consumption.
	historyofalcoholanddrugs.typepad.com /alcohol_and_drugs_history/myanmar (621 words)

	Myanmar - Union of Myanmar - Country Profile - Burma - Asia
		Myanmar is a country in Southeast Asia, formerly known as Burma.
		Ethnic groups: according to Myanmar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs there are 8 Major National Ethnic Races in Myanmar, which all comprises different ethnic groups: the Kachin, the Kayah, the Kayin, the Chin, the Mon, the Bamar, the Rakhine, and the Shan.
		Languages: Burmese; Myanmar is a union of 135 ethnic groups with their own languages and dialects.
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/myanmar.htm (1206 words)

	MYANMAR
		according to the list in ancient Myanmar chronicles, acceded to the throne of Bagan and unified Myanmar into a first distinct political entity in the history of Myanmar, which is usually referred to as "the first Myanmar Empire".
		Myanmar was reunited by King Tabin-shweti (1531 ‑; 1551) and King Bayinnaung (1551 ‑; 1581) of Taungoo Dynasty and extended control over the whole Chao Phraya valley of present-day Thailand.
		Local resistance, however, was fierce and it was not until 1890 that all of Myanmar was brought under British control.
	www.myanmar-image.com /myanmar/history/brief (783 words)

	AsiaExplorers \| Myanmar Travel Guide
		That, unfortunately, is the case with Myanmar, a country that has remained suspended in time while the rest of Asia marches forward to embrace a new millenium.
		Visitors to Myanmar may be keen to note that just fifty years ago, this was one of the richest countries in Asia, a nett exporter of rice, wealthier than Korea and Taiwan.
		Myanmar is the formal, royal term for the country, while Bama - of which Burma comes from - is the colloquial term.
	www.asiaexplorers.com /myanmar (2263 words)

	InfoHub Forums - History of Myanmar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Myanmar (or Burma, as it is sometimes called) has over 100 languages.
		It is related to Tibetan, which indicates that the ethnic Burmese originall came from the Tibetan plateau or somewhere near it.
		Conflicts have been a problem quite often in the history of that nation.
	www.infohub.com /forums/printthread.php?t=3495 (1617 words)

	License Plate History of Burma, or Myanmar
		Myanmar is to Burma what Deutschland is to Germany or Côte d’Ivoire is to Ivory Coast.
		In 1989 Burma changed its country name to Myanmar on its stamps and much was made of this fact but I’ve noticed that whenever my correspondents refer to their country it is always referred to as Burma.
		The history of license plates in Burma fall naturally into three periods.
	www.whidbey.net /licenseplate/Burma.html (1064 words)

	Myanmar Travel Information \| Lonely Planet Destination Guide
		The decision to travel to Myanmar should not be made lightly.
		Myanmar's rich and thrilling culture - of dozens of different languages and peoples - is naturally a drawcard.
		The decision as to whether or not to travel to Myanmar is best made after an appraisal of the pros and cons of such a visit.
	www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/asia/myanmar (318 words)

	Myanmar-Burma: history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Myanmar returned to the Movement of Non-Aligned Nations.
		An article of the new 1994 constitution stipulated presidential candidates could neither be married to foreigners nor bear children under foreign citizenship and they should have been residing in Myanmar for the last 20 consecutive years.
		In July of this year, Myanmar became a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
	gbgm-umc.org /country_profiles/country_history.cfm?Id=98 (1763 words)

	Myanmar Historical Timeline - Myanmar (Burma)
		It would be best to describe Myanmar's history in a timeline format, comparing with the events of the world as below.
		Many pagodas in Bagan were destroyed as a source of bricks to build forts urgently, in defending Genghis Khan's troops from Mongolia.
		Myanmar was the 14th largest petroleum producer in the whole world.
	www.myanmars.net /history (398 words)

	Myanmar Hotels Travel Guide - History of Myanmar
		On his return he conquered Myanmar, declared himself king and ruled for 13 years, during which time he set about destroying Buddhist temples until the locals finally laid siege to his fortress.
		European presence in Myanmar however remained and by the mid-17th century the British, along the with French and Dutch, had colonies in Myanmar.
		Now Myanmar's future looks brighter than it has done in more than a decade and tourism is once more returning to the country, hotels are being built and revamped and the infrastructure, improved, if somewhat slowly.
	www.hoteltravel.com /myanmar/guides/history.htm (1273 words)

	Myanmar Computer History
		Myanmar ICT Park was opened together with Bagan International Data Communication Center and Teleport.
		Win Myanmar Office packages were donated to all non-profit organizations, government, and religious organizations.
		The first computer ever brought and used in Myanmar was IBM's PDB-11 mainframe at UCC (Universities Computer Center).
	www.myanmars.net /unicode/computer-history.htm (111 words)

	Myanmar Tourist Guides - History
		In January 1824, when King Bagyidaw (1819-1837) was ruling Myanmar, his general Maha Bandula conquered Assam and thus Myanmar was brought face to face with British interests in India.
		To make Burma their supply route to Singapore, British again attacked Myanmar and the 2nd Anglo-Burmese war followed in 1852, when another significant portion of the country was occupied.
		Imposition of restrictions by US and then by European Union has helped to restore democracy to some extent in Myanmar, when their opposition leader and Nobel laureate for peace Aung San Suu Kyi, was released from house arrest in May 2002.
	www.sino.net /myanmar-tourist-guides/history.html (646 words)

	Myanmar Baptist Church, New York
		The Myanmar Baptist Church, New York, was born in 1995 and recently celebrated its Seventh birthday on November 3, 2002.
		It was all part of God's sovereign plan and purpose that Myanmar Baptist Church in New York was formed.
		Chou's residence whereupon the group of 35 Christian believers from Myanmar agreed to form a Myanmar Christian Fellowship.
	www.geocities.com /myanmar_bc (224 words)

	WHKMLA : History of Myanmar, since 1989
		In 1989 Burma was rechristened Myanmar and elections were held in 1990, which resulted in a convincing victory of the democratic opposition.
		Myanmar was a police state in which political activity was observed by the state authorities.
		In 1991 Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the NOBEL PEACE PRIZE; the state authorities tried to isolate her.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/seasia/myanmar.html (205 words)

	Category:History of Myanmar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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		Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on Myanmar
		This page was last modified 04:27, 15 May 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:History_of_Myanmar (76 words)

	MavicaNET - History of Myanmar (Burma) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Katalog / Regionalt / Asia / Myanmar (Burma) / History of Myanmar (Burma)
		Burma's history, even to the present day, has been a struggle for supremacy between warring peoples.
		Political history of Myanmar (Burma). Economic and environmental history of Myanmar (Burma). Labor history of Myanmar (Burma). Social history of Myanmar (Burma).
	www.mavicanet.com /lite/nor/23939.html (383 words)

	Political and Economic History of Myanmar (Burma)
		The official name of the country is the Union of Myanmar (Myanmar from the Burmese word for the martial attributes of strong and fast).
		The Burmans were in control at the time of the British conquest but there were times in history when other groups such as the Mons or the Tai people of the Shan State were dominant.
		The southern part of what is now Myanmar was first settled by the Mons people who came into the area from the southwest coastal area.
	www2.sjsu.edu /faculty/watkins/burma.htm (2225 words)

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