Burma | Ayutthaya |
From the 9th to the 14th centurty, the land of modern Thailand was part of the Khmer Empire.
The Thai, believed to be driven out of present-day Yunnan and adjacent regions by the
Mongol conquest of Nanzhao (Dali), which was completed in 1253,
migrated southward, establishing the Kingdoms of Sukhothai in 1238, of Lanna in 1262, of
Ayutthaya in 1351.
Sukhothai was absorbed Ayutthaya in 1583, Lanna in 1774. The Burmese conquest of Ayutthaya in 1767 marks a turning point in Thai history. Briefly Thonburi served as capital (1767-1782). Siam, as the country was called, recovered. Historical Atlas : Thailand Page List of Wars : Siam, Thailand Students' Paper : Choi, Eun Suk, History of Buddhism in South East Asia |
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Country Profiles | Current |
from Wikipedia Sukhothai (13th-15th Centuries), from Thai Handiwork |
Accounts of History | on Thailand |
from Royal Thai Embassy, click "about Thailand";
from The Royal Thai Embassy, Ottawa, Canada Thai History, from AuNet (7 chapters) History of Thailand (Siam) from Lonely Planet, from Asia Tours, 4 chapters; from geographia.com, scroll down for history and culture; from World Travel Guide; Article History of Thailand, from Wikipedia Geschiedenis van Thailand, from Bert's Geschiedenis Site, in Dutch Sanderson Beck, Siam, Cambodia and Laos 1800-1950 W.A.R. Wood, A History of Siam (1924), posted on IA F.H. Turpin, Histoire civile et naturelle du royaume de Siam, vol.1, 1771, vol.2, 1771, in French GB |
Accounts of History | on Sukhothai |
R. O'Connor, Sukhothai : Rule, Religion and Elite Rivalry,
1991 |
Specific Periods / Events |
Local History |
History of Sukhothai City, from Wikipedia S. Vallibhotama, The Ancient Settlements of Sukhothai (1991) |
Culture |
History of Sukhothai Sculpture, from
Antique of Siam P. Krairiksh, Towards a Revised History of Sukhothai Art : A Reassessment of the Inscription of King Ram Khamhaeng (1991) B. Gosling, Sukhothai Religious Achitecture and its Relevance to the Authenticity of Inscription One (1991) |
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Historical Data | Lists of Statesmen |
List of Thai Monarchs : Kingdom of Sukhothai,
from Wikipedia |
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Images of Sukhothai, from Fotosearch Category : Sukhothai, from Wikimedia Commons |
Historical Maps |
see here Talessman's Atlas, series of maps of the Eastern Hemisphere 1300 BC - 1500 AD |
Institutions | Musea | Museum Websites |
Ramkhamhaeng National Museum,
Sukhothai, from Discovery Thailand |
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M. Ellis, The Caves of Sukhothai,
Thailand |
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Seal, from Wikimedia Commons |
Coins, Banknotes |
Thai Coins History, from Royal Thai
Mint Eric Lim, The History of Thai Currency - from Ancient Beads to Modern Baht |
PRINTED REFERENCE |
Bibliographies | general |
ISBN Database |
on Thailand |
Books on the History of Thailand and Siam
, Hill Tribes, from DCO Thai Thailand, from The Online Books Page Books on Thailand, from Orchid Press South East Asia Dissertations, click South East Asia, Thailand List of Thai Khadi Research Institute's Publications in TIC Database Thai Khadi Journal 2004- (has abstracts in Thai) Thailand Bibliography, from University of Washington, University Libraries, Southeast Asia Section Journal of the Siam Society, Archive |
Online Libraries | general |
Internet Archives Gutenberg Library Online e-corpus International Boundary Studies, search for Thailand |
on Thailand |
South East Asia Digital Library (project) South East Asia Visions, at Cornell Silpakorn University, Thapra Digital Library (Thai language site); Rare Books features an online library of Thai books; Thesis Online a library of mainly Thai language theses ISEAS Working Papers, Back Issues 2000-2003 |
Thesis Server |
South East Asian Studies, Student Theses, from Ohio University Silpakorn University, Thapra Digital Library (Thai language site); Rare Books features an online library of Thai books; Thesis Online a library of mainly Thai language theses |
Online Journals |
South East Asia Journals, from ELIN-NIAS;
Indonesia Journals, from ELIN-NIAS;
Search Electronic Journals Online for
Thailand Journal of Southeast Asian History 1960-1969, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 2009-, from Cambridge Journals Online (require registration) ASEAS (Austrian Journal of South East Asian Studies), open access, 2008- Asia Insights, from NIAS, 2002- Southeast Asian Studies 1963-, mostly in Japanese Explorations, 1997- Graduate Student Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, CSEAS, Univ. of Hawaii |
General Accounts |
Nicholas Tarling, The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia, 4 vol.s, Cambridge : UP (1992) 1999, KMLA Lib.Sign. 959 T188c David K. Wyatt, Thailand - A Short History, New Haven : Yale Univ. Press (1982) 1986 Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Macropaedia, Vol.27, pp.769-779 Article Southeast Asia : Thailand KMLA Lib.Sign. R 032 B862h v.27 |
Special Topics |
Historical Dictionaries |
Harold E. Smith, Historical and Cultural Dictionary of Thailand, Lanham Md : Scarecrow 4th edition 2005 Articles : Pattani pp.441-444, in : James Minahan, Nations without States, A Historical Dictionary of Contemporary National Movements, Westport CT : Greenwood 1996 [G] |