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Member states of ASEAN
- CambodiaIn 802 AD, Jayavarman II declared himself king and united the warring Khmer princes of Chenla under the name Kambuja. This declaration marked the beginning…
- LaosIn 2009, archaeologists recovered an anatomically modern human skull from the Tam Pa Ling Cave in the Annamite Mountains of northern Laos.
- MalaysiaThe name Malaysia emerged from a combination of the word Malays and the Latin-Greek suffix -ia, translating to 'land of the Malays'.
- IndonesiaThe name Indonesia derives from the Greek words indos and nesos, meaning Indian islands. This term dates back to 1850 when English ethnologist George Windsor…
- SingaporeIn 1365, the Javanese eulogy Nagarakretagama recorded a place called Temasek, meaning Sea Town, as a trading port under the influence of the Majapahit Empire.
- ThailandArchaeological evidence indicates that humans have inhabited the area of present-day Thailand for at least 40,000 years.
- PhilippinesThe first human bones found in the Philippines date back 709,000 years to a site now known as Callao Cave. These remains suggest an unknown species of early…
- MyanmarArchaeological evidence shows that Homo erectus lived in the region now known as Myanmar as early as 750,000 years ago. The first evidence of Homo sapiens is…
- VietnamStone artefacts excavated in Gia Lai province have been claimed to date to 780,000 years ago. This claim remains challenged because tektites are often found…