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  Sukhothai kingdom
The Sukhothai kingdom was a kingdom in the north of Thailand around the city Sukhothai.
The city of Sukhothai was part of the Khmer empire until 1238, when two Thai chieftains, Pho Khun Pha Muang and Pho Khun Bang Klang Hao, seceded and established a Thai kingdom.
Sukhothai became a tributary state of Ayutthaya between 1365 and 1378, and in 1438 a mere province.
encyclopedia.codeboy.net /wikipedia/s/su/sukhothai_kingdom.html   (415 words)

  
 Thailand - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Thailand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Mongol invasions of Nan Chao forced greater migrations, and, under King Rama Khamheng, Sukhothai expanded to overcome the Mon kingdoms of the lower Chao Phraya valley and extend its rule down the southern peninsula.
The Sukhothai kingdom was, however, short-lived, and by 1350 power had passed to the south where another prince, Ramatipadi, founded Ayuthya.
In March 1996 Banharn Silpa-archa appointed a new 260-member senate – the first to be appointed by a democratically elected prime minister.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Thailand   (2510 words)

  
 Chiang Mai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
King Mengrai founded the city of Chiang Mai (meaning "new city") in 1296, and it succeeded Chiang Rai as capital of the Lannathai kingdom.
The temple was built by the King of Lanna for a revered priest visiting from Sukhothai as a place for the monk to spend the rains retreat.
Songkran: Held in mid-April to celebrate the traditional Thai new year.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chiang_Mai   (1613 words)

  
 Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Burma, Tibet, & Mongolia
A new "Three Kingdoms" period develops, until the country is reunified by the Koryo ("Later Koguryo") state, which annexed Silla in 935.
The Waterloo in that repect was the 1968 Têt (Chinese New Year, at the time confusingly called the "lunar new year," which would apply to Rosh Hashanah just as well) Offensive.
The new flag was adopted 28 September 1917.
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 yourDictionary.com.Comprehensive and Authoritative Language Portal
Fifty Years "Among the New Words": A Dictionary of Neologisms, 1941-1991.
Advisor or consultant to: The Barnhart Dictionaries, Random House Dictionary, Webster's New World Dictionary and others.
Vice President and founder, Ramkhamhaeng and Sukhothai Thammathirat Universities
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