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                                            Our Country…. Myanmar
   Myanmar, officially, Union of Myanmar, republic in Southeast Asia,
bounded on the west by Bangladesh; on the northwest by India’s Assam
State; on the northeast by China’s Yunnan Province; on the east by Laos
and Thailand; and on the southwest by the Andaman Sea and the Bay of
Bengal. The longest land border is shared with China. Myanmar
(pronounced myahn-mah) was known as Burma until 1989; the English
version of the country’s name was changed by the military government
that took over in 1988. Yangon (formerly known as Rangoon) is the capital
and largest city.  
The total area of Myanmar is 676,552 sq km (261,218 sq mi).
The coastal region is known as Lower Myanmar, while the interior region is known as Upper Myanmar.
Historical Background

THE EARLY EMPIRES 		           
    4000 – 6000 BC The Anyaathian Culture flourishes in northern Myanmar (Burma).
      Circa 500 BC The Pyu enter along the upper Ayeyarwaddy (Irrawaddy) River.
     3rd century BC Mon settle in the Sittoung Valley.
            AD 832 Pyu empire founded. Pyu capital is captured by the Tai-Shan of Nan-Chao.
      9th century AD The Mian (Myanmar) people come from the China-Tibet border area, overrun the Kayukse Plain and establish themselves as a major power in the rice-cultivation region.
THE BURMAN DYNASTIES
            AD 1057 Anawrahta founds first Myanmar (Burmese) Empire.
       1084 – 1113 Golden Age of Bagan. The great era of pagoda-building begins. From Bagan, they controlled Trade routes between China and India.
               1287 Mongol invasion of Bagan leads to tall of first Myanmar (Burmese) empire.
            1364 Inwa founded as capital of a Shan-Myanmar dynasty in northern Myanmar (Burma).
            1519 Portuguese established trade station at Lower Myanmar.
            1531 Second Burmese empire established by King Bourinnaung (Bayintnaung).
          1600-13 Portuguese, de Brito, rules at Thanlyin.
              1755 Alangpaya founds new dynasty and third Burmese empire at Shwebo.
              1767 Myanmar conquers Ayuttaya capital of Thailand (Siam).
COLONIAL PERIOD  
         1824 – 26 First Anglo-Burmese war. Britian gains the regions around Rakhine and Tanintharyi.
              1852 Second Anglo-Myanmar war, British occupied Southern Myanmar including Yangon.
              1857 King Mindon established new city of Mandalay.
              1886 Third Anglo-Myanmar war and British annexed all Myanmar.
              1941 Japanese military enters Myanmar.