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	History of Thailand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The history of Thailand begins with the migration of the Thais into what is now Thailand during the first millennium.
		Its independent history ended in 1558, when it fell to the Burmese; thereafter it was dominated by Burma and Ayutthaya in turn before falling to the army of the Siamese King Taksin in 1775.
		Thailand was not occupied by the Allies, but it was forced to return the territory it had gained to the British and the French.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Thailand (1314 words)

	History of Thailand (1932-1973)
		The history of Thailand from 1932 to 1973 was dominated by the military dictatorship which was in power for much of the period.
		Before the late 1960s, full access to Western culture was limited to a highly educated elite in society, but the Vietnam War brought the outside world face to face with large segments of the Thai society as never before.
		Thailand had 30 million people in 1965, while by the end of the 20th century the population had doubled.
	en.efactory.pl /History_of_Thailand_(1932-1973) (4066 words)

	Thailand History, Thailand Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Its independent history ended in 1558, when it fell to the Burmese; thereafter it was dominated by Burma and Ayutthaya in turn before falling to the army of King Taksin in 1775.
		As with the rest of Southeast Asia, Thailand was forced to become an ally of Japan by the Japanese military during World War II and even declared war on the United States and United Kingdom on January 25, 1942.
		Thailand’s stability depends to a large extent on the personal authority of the king, who turned 77 in December 2004 and is not in good health.
	www.thaiexotictreasures.com /new169967.html (3212 words)

	HISTORY OF THAILAND FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Later, Malay, Mon, and Khmer civilizations flourished in the region prior to the domination of the Thais, most notably the kingdom of Srivijaya in the south, the Dvaravati kingdom in central_Thailand and the Khmer_empire based at Angkor.
		This is reflected in the country's modern name, ''Prathet Thai'' (Thailand), used unofficially between 1939 and 1945 and officially declared on May_11, 1949, in which ''prathet'' means "nation" and ''thai'' means "free".
		Although nominally a constitutional monarchy, Thailand was ruled by a series of military governments (most prominently led by Luang_Phibunsongkhram and Sarit_Dhanarajata) interspersed with brief periods of democracy.
	www.mrspell.com /History_of_Thailand (1250 words)

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		Thailand moved her new capital from Thonburi, which was on the left bank of the Chao Phraya River, to the present Bangkok location.
		Isan history Part IV The Impact of Communist Pressures from Laos and Vietnam in the Northeast In the 1980's, pressures from the Communist forces in Laos and Vietnam are still to have a great impact on events in the Northeast.
		Thailand and the Vietnam War Before the Second World War, Indochina was a French colony, but it was occupied by the Japanese during the war.
	www.rci.rutgers.edu /~karnchan/isan_his.txt (11230 words)

	World History :: Encyclopedia Index -- Hi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		History of Cape Colony from 1806 to 1870
		History of Cape Colony from 1870 to 1899
		History of discovery and distribution of the remains of Aegean civilization
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/Hi.htm (229 words)

	Thai Architecture: Bangkok, Thailand
		Before going further, the French influence on 17th century Siam is worth mentioning as it had considerable impact on later events in Thai history.
		In 1768 Burmese armies sacked Ayutthaya, destroying centuries of cultural heritage in an orgy of fiery destruction.
		Rama IV is Thailand's most famous King, depicted in the films "Anna and the King" and "The King and I." Both films are based on the conflated accounts of his English tutor, Anna Leonowens, who exaggerated her ties to the Siamese monarch.
	www.orientalarchitecture.com /bangkok/BANGKOKMAP.htm (1695 words)

	simply-thai.com - Thai History
		It is noticeable in present-day Thailand that, except in Chiang Mai and the utmost north of today's Thailand, Thais have much less sentiments about the kingdom of Lannatai than about Sukhothai, even though the independent history of Lannatai is considerably longer than that of Sukhothai (a mere 140 years).
		History records the reason for Prince Narai's rebellion were the alleged advances his uncle, the king, made towards Narai's younger sister.
		Luang Sorasak, his son from a marriage before he became king, lures into a trap the 14-year old Prince Chao Phra Kwan, one of the later sons of Phra Petraja who had married after his ascend to the throne King Narai's sister as well as King Narai's daughter.
	www.simply-thai.com /Thailand_Chronology_Thai_History.htm (16617 words)

	Thailand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		From 1768 to 1932 the area of modern Thailand was dominated by Siam, an absolute monarchy with capitals briefly at Thonburi and later at Rattanakosin, both in modern-day Bangkok.
		The Kingdom of Thailand is a country in Southeast Asia, bordering Laos and Cambodia to the east, the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia to the south, and the Andaman Sea and Myanmar to the west.
		Thailand is also known as Siam, which was the country's official name until May 11, 1949.
	thailands.blogspot.com (6137 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		VC #5968 History Channel Presents the dissolution of the Norman dynasty amid civil war, the impact of Thomas Beckett, and a rethinking of the Magna Carta.
		In 1814, a year before her death, she was taken to France and became the object of scientific research that formed the bedrock of European ideas about fl female sexuality.
		VC Feature Margarethe von Trotta Parallels the personal history of the Ensslin sisters: Gudrun (Marianne in the film) was imprisoned as a terrorist in the Stammheim prison, where she died, supposedly a suicide, in 1977; and Christiane (Julianne in the film) who was determined to prove that her sister did not kill herself.
	info.library.yorku.ca /depts/smil/filmographies/history.htm (19353 words)

	06 Dec History: This Date (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Heavily leveraged and heading for trouble, the fund's losses wandered into the neighborhood of $2 billion before county officials decided it was time to raise the white flag and file for Chapter 9.
		Before the Dáil could meet, civil war had broken out between the government and the extremist Republicans, who were allegedly accessories to the assassination (22 June) in London of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson soon after his acceptance of the position of military adviser to the government of Northern Ireland.
		It met on 09 September, elected as the new president William Thomas Cosgrave, and, in the absence of the Republican deputies, quickly passed the clauses of the constitution defining the relations of the Free State with the British crown and outlining arrangements for imperial defense.
	www.jcanu.hpg.ig.com.br /history/h4dec/h4dec06.html (9732 words)

	20 Feb History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Williams was sentenced to 40 years for kidnapping and extortion, and his wife received three years' probation for her concealment of the crime.
		The train traveled in flames for 3 km before finally stopping at Reqa al-Gharbiya, a village 75 km south of Cairo, when the engineers finally realized what was happening and uncoupled the seven burning cars from the front nine.
		Eight nations-the United States, France, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Thailand, and Pakistan-joined together in the regional defense organization to "stem the tide of communism in Asia." At the time, that "tide" was most threatening in Southeast Asia, particularly in the former-French colony of Vietnam.
	h42day.netfirms.com /history/h4feb/h4feb20.html (11057 words)

	Theravada Buddhism: A Chronology
		King Rama I, founder of the current dynasty in Thailand, obtains copies of the Tipitaka from Sri Lanka and sponsors a Council to standardize the Thai version of the Tipitaka, copies of which are then donated to temples throughout the country.
		Thailand's Prince Mongkut (later King Rama IV) founds the Dhammayut movement, which would later become the Dhammayut Sect.
		King Rama V of Thailand institutes a Sangha Act that formally marks the beginnings of the Mahanikaya and Dhammayut sects.
	www.accesstoinsight.org /history.html (1982 words)

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		AN ILLUMINATI OUTLINE OF HISTORY Alpha and Omega -- Immanentizing of the Eschaton.
		The anonymous "Vie de Joseph Balsamo" (Joseph Basalmo was Cagliostro's name before he joined the Masons), first recorded link of the Illuminati and the French Revolution, appears in several European countries.
		Some Nagging Doubts Nixon, having attended a convention of Pepsi-Cola executives in Dallas, leaves for New York an hour before the assassination and was one of the few people who later forgot where he was at the time; J. Edgar Hoover also alleged to have been secretly in Dallas on the same day.
	webusers.physics.umn.edu /~duvernoi/illum.txt (9818 words)

	A Worldwide History of the Pan Flute
		It disappears from Greek history for a while, but reappears in the 7th century B.C.E. with the growth of the Greek Empire.
		Abundant linguistic clues linking the pan flute's Middle Eastern history with that of the Romanian nai can still be observed in the Arabic and Persian (Fârsî) languages, and the pan flute's existence in the Ottoman Empire is evident in the form of a 1720 miniature, depicting a woman playing a curved Panflute.
		Long before the Spanish conquest, and even before the rise of the Inca civilization, pan flutes of varying sizes and designs were being used in indigenous music, religious rituals, dancing, and even hunting.
	www.panflutejedi.com /pan-flute-history-page.html (2336 words)

	HISTORY OF SOUTH EAST ASIA
		History is the spectacle of these crystallizations and exchanges (not always peaceful!), seen through a deformed vision which is the political territories superposing on the natural territories.
		However, the area of Chiang Maï is invaded again in 1618 and occupied until 1768.
		The area is dominated economically by Thailand, militarily by VietNam.
	www.angkor-planet.com /UK-hase.html (2662 words)

	All National Women's History Month Honorees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		She argued the first sex-bias case before the Supreme Court and won 5 of the 6 cases which she argued dealing with unequal or unfair treatment of women.
		Lerner is the foremost historian in defining the scope and importance of women’s history.
		In 1879, she was the first woman admitted to practice before the Supreme Court where, in 1900, she argued and won $5 million for the Eastern Cherokee Indians.
	www.nwhp.org /whm/all-honorees.html (10326 words)

	The Food Timeline: history notes-meat
		Before dinner, mix together 1/16 lb (polos mushka) butter and 1 spoon flour, fry lightly, and dilute with 2 glasses bouillon, 1 teaspoon of prepared Sareptskaja mustard, and a little pepper.
		Just before the turn of the century, when broiled steaks were coming into vogue, a popular way to serve them was under a coverlet of oysters.
		The history of canning is generally traced to Nicolas Appert in 1795, who rose to Napoleon's challenge to invent a method to preserve food for military distribution.
	www.foodtimeline.org /foodmeats.html (18875 words)

	The Illuminati Outline of History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		1768 -- Virginia's legislature dissolved for its opposition to the Townshend Act.
		Nixon, having attended a convention of Pepsi-Cola executives in Dallas, leaves for New York an hour before the assassination and was one of the few people who later forgot where he was at the time; J. Edgar Hoover also alleged to have been secretly in Dallas on the same day.
		Texas oilman H.L. Hunt taken into protective custody by federal agents after the assassination and kept in another city for several days to avoid threats by those who might think he was involved.
	www.heart7.net /history.html (9746 words)

	Biblical allusions
		Before some sections I have included a headnote briefly commenting on the general terms of Melville's allusive structure.
		Purported to be a descendant of Hercules on his father's side and Achilles on his mother's side, Alexander's feats often took on epic proportions.
		Seized by doubt just before emerging from below, he turned to look at her, and she was swept away.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~HYPER/bb/bb_hibimy.html (6716 words)

	A PAGE IN HISTORY 2005-2006
		A brief history of the Statue of Liberty and its importance to immigrants arriving in the United States through New York.
		The Illinois State Museums offers a connection to the lives and history of people living in the andamp;amp;amp;amp;quot;the heartlandandamp;amp;amp;amp;quot; The regional history is organized into six time periods, 1700-1800, 1800-1850, 1850-1890, 1890-1920, 1920-1950, 1950 to the present.
		Explore the history, culture, photographs, maps, and news of Albania and the Albanian territories.
	members.aol.com /letsgorngr/history.html (4801 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Contrary to common belief, the Filipinos were already trading with their Southeast Asian neighbors - Thailand, Khmer (Cambodia), Aannam (Vietnam) and China - even long before the Spaniards arrived.
		Archaeological surface finds of porcelain vessels and shards and ethnographic collection of heirloom pieces by the Cagayan Museum staff firmly establish that Cagayan was once a part of that long pre-historic international trade with neighboring countries albeit on a very limited scale.
		Believed to have been forged in 1592, this bell was even brought to Manila during the Eucharistic Congress before the last global war.
	elgu.ncc.gov.ph /ecommunity/cagayan/history.htm (3930 words)

	Thailand Tour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Asia Education Foundation's (AEF) TICFA Program is a professional development program that aims to provide Australian educators the opportunity to experience first hand the peoples, cultures and issues of the countries of Asia and to enhance skills and discipline knowledge of the studies of Asia.
		The Thailand study tour exposes participants to the contrast between the capital city of Bangkok to the rural and historical sites of Kanchanaburi, Surin and Sukhothai provinces.
		The final destination, Sukhothai, Thailand's first capital, boasts many of Thailand's impressive historical ruins and the opportunity to take part in a series of workshops including cooking and rice planting.
	www.asialink.unimelb.edu.au /aef/ticfa/old-ticfa/thailand.html (853 words)

	05 May History: This Date
		Selassie formally protested before the League Council, but the League responded with only mild sanctions, fearing that a more extensive embargo, or the closure of the Suez Canal, denying Italy needed supplies and reinforcements, would lead to war-and Italy simply getting its oil from the United States, which was not a party to League agreements.
		On 31 May 1921, they were brought to trial before Judge Webster Thayer of the Massachusetts Superior Court, and on 14 July 1921 both were found guilty by verdict of the jury.
		Napoléon, although not the eldest son, assumed the position of head of the family before he was 16.
	www.safran-arts.com /42day/history/h4may/h4may05.html (15294 words)

	Today in History February 12
		He created the town of Savannah, to establish an ideal colony where silk and wine would be produced, based on a grid of streets around six large squares.
		1768 Feb 12, Francis II, the Last Holy Roman Emperor (1792-1806), was born.
		Although roundly criticized during his own time, he is recognized as one of history's greatest figures who preserved the Union during the Civil War and proved that democracy could be a lasting form of government.
	timelines.ws /days/02_12.HTML (4703 words)

	Gary Wayner \| Natural History Books \| General Natural History
		Bonnemains(ed), J. The artwork of the French voyage of discovery to the southern lands 1800-1804.
		Knystautas, A. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE USSR pp.
		A couple of snips from the dust jacket are glued inside.
	wayner.com /booksforsale/gnh.htm (123 words)

	MY LIFE HISTORY - SCHOOL DAYS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Before I could blink, it was graduation day.
		Before everyone went home, she came to me in her smock and hat, and cried as I hugged her.
		But before she drove away, she came to me and said "you came!".
	www.ida.net /users/lamar/school.html (7122 words)

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