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Former monarchies of Southeast Asia

  • Ayutthaya KingdomIn 1351, King Uthong established the Ayutthaya Kingdom on an island in the Chao Phraya River. This new state emerged from a merger of three maritime…
  • Empire of JapanOn the 3rd of January 1868, Satsuma-Chōshū forces seized the imperial palace in Kyoto. The following day, a fifteen-year-old boy named Crown Prince Mutsuhito…
  • Khmer EmpireIn 802 AD, a Khmer prince named Jayavarman II stood atop the sacred Mount Mahendraparvata, now known as Phnom Kulen. He performed a grandiose consecration…
  • Sukhothai KingdomIn 1238, a coalition of Siamese forces led by Bang Klang Hao recaptured the city of Sukhothai and re-established it as an autonomous polity.