Thailand Flashcards
Also known as “Sukhotai Ayuthia” or “Ayutthaya Siam”
Thailand
Tai chieftains overthrew the Khmers at Sukhotai, establishing the Tai Kingdom in?
1238
King of Sukhotai.
Rama Khamhaeng
A new centralized Thai Kingdom was established at Ayuthaya near the Chao Phraya River (Menam Chao Phya), “Mother of Waters” in?
1350
The first ruler of Ayutthaya kingdom who stablished and promoted THERAVADA Buddhism as the official religion.
Rama Tibodi
The Portuguese arrived in Ayuthia in the?
16th century
Thai-Burma Wars started in the?
18th century
Drove out the Burmese invaders, established the capital, BANGKOK, in 1782, and during his reign came the start of European Colonialism in SEA.
Rama I
Began the process of accommodating Western powers
Rama III
Also known as Mongkut
Rama IV
Also known as Chulalong Korn. This monarch began to modernize the state structure, making it possible for Thailand to survive as an independent state.
Rama V
Process of bowing down to the ground before royalty.
Prostration
Japan occupied Thailand in?
1941 - 1945
Thailand has served as a country of first asylum for millions of refugees from Communist IndoChina in?
1975
The 9th King of the CHAKRI Dy (1872) and the longest serving monarch in the world.
King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX)
