Myanmar Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
country in Southeast Asia
About Myanmar
Like most of Southeast Asia's countries, Myanmar's people and history is a glorious mishmash of settlers and invaders from all fronts. The Mon and the Pyu are thought to have come fromIndia, while the now dominant Bamar (Burmese) migrated throughTibetand, by 849, had founded a powerful kingdom centred onBagan. The ethnic diversity of the region, and the dominance of the Bamar people in the central plains, set up the geopolitical struggles between them and the multitude of smaller ethnic groups surrounding, which have continued unabated until the present day. From the 9th century to the 19th century, the Burmese empire grew through conquests ofThailand(Ayutthaya) and India (Manipur), and shrank under attacks fromChinaand internal rebellions. Eventually,Britainconquered Burma over a period o
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