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Thailand, [ b] officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), [ c] 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]
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 ...
Siam joined World War I in 1917 on the Allies side, earning Siam an opportunity to re-negotiate and abolish Western extraterritoriality in Siam. According to Article 135 of the Treaty of Versailles (1919) , extraterritorial rights of Germany and Austria-Hungary in Siam were retrospectively terminated from 1917 because they were war losers. [ 37 ]
Lao–Siamese War or the Siamese Invasion of Laos (1778–1779) is the military conflict between Thonburi Kingdom of Siam (now Thailand) and the Lao kingdoms of Vientiane and Champasak. The war resulted in all three Lao kingdoms of Luang Phrabang, Vientiane and Champasak becoming Siamese tributary vassal kingdoms [1] under Siamese suzerainty ...
Siamese–Vietnamese War (1841–1845) A map showing the movement of Vietnamese troops (from June to December 1845) during the Siamese-Vietnam War (1841–1845). Cambodia came under joint Siamese-Vietnamese suzerainty. Semi-independent Cambodia ( Tây Thành province) became a buffer state between Siam and Vietnam.
China–Thailand relations officially started in July 1975 after years of negotiations. [ 1][ 2] For a long time, Thailand, formerly called Siam, had good relations with China. China was usually greatly respected in Siam and ensured the alliance of both countries. However, after Plaek Phibunsongkhram attempted to erase and prohibit Chinese ...
Siam ( Thai: สยาม, RTGS : Sayam, pronounced [sā.jǎːm]) is a shopping district in the heart of Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. It is situated alongside a stretch of Rama I Road in the city's Pathum Wan District, from Pathum Wan Intersection to Chaloem Phao Junction, beyond which it meets the adjacent Ratchaprasong neighbourhood.
The military history of Thailand encompasses a thousand years of armed struggle, from wars of independence from the powerful Khmer Empire, through to struggles with her regional rivals of Burma and Vietnam and periods of tense standoff and conflict with the colonial empires of Britain and France. Thailand's military history, dominated by her ...