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History of Thailand. The Tai ethnic group migrated into mainland Southeast Asia over a period of centuries. The word Siam ( Thai: สยาม RTGS : Sayam) may have originated from Pali ( suvaṇṇabhūmi, "land of gold"), Sanskrit श्याम ( śyāma, "dark"), or Mon ရာမည ( rhmañña, "stranger"), with likely the same root as ...
Thailand, [ a ] officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), [ b ] is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, [ 8 ] it spans 513,115 square kilometres (198,115 sq mi). [ 9 ]
The history of Thailand from 1932 to 1973 was dominated by military dictatorships which were in power for much of the period. The main personalities of the period were the dictator Luang Phibunsongkhram (better known as Phibun), who allied the country with Japan during the Second World War, and the civilian politician Pridi Banomyong, who founded Thammasat University and was briefly prime ...
The known early history of Thailand begins with the earliest major archaeological site at Ban Chiang.Dating of artifacts from this site is controversial, but there is a consensus that at least by 3600 BCE, inhabitants had developed bronze tools and had begun to cultivate wet rice, providing the impetus for social and political organisation.
The history of Thailand from 1973 to 2001 saw an unstable period of democracy, with military rule being reimposed after a bloody coup in 1976. (The previous military rulers had been removed, as a result of the revolution of 14 October 1973 .) For most of the 1980s, Thailand was ruled by Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda, a democratically ...
Prehistoric Thailand may be traced back as far as 1,000,000 years ago from the fossils and stone tools found in northern and western Thailand. At an archaeological site in Lampang, northern Thailand Homo erectus fossils, Lampang Man, dating back 1,000,000 – 500,000 years, have been discovered. Stone tools have been widely found in ...
This list refers to monarchs by the names most often used by traditional historians. [ 1] Western nations referred to the monarch as the "King of Siam" ( Latin: Rex Siamensium ), regardless of Thai titles, since the initiation of relations in the 16th century. Mongkut (Rama IV) was the first monarch to adopt the title when the name Siam was ...
The history of Thailand since 2001 has been dominated by the politics surrounding the rise and fall from power of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, and subsequent conflicts, first between his supporters and opponents, then over the rising military influence in politics. Thaksin and his Thai Rak Thai Party came to power in 2001 and ...