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History of Laos, a survey of the important events and people in the history of Laos. The country, located in northeast-central mainland Southeast Asia, consists of an irregularly round portion in the north that narrows into a peninsula-like region stretching to the southeast.
Laos exists in truncated form from the thirteenth-century Lao kingdom of Lan Xang, which existed as a unified kingdom from 1357 to 1707, divided into the three rival kingdoms of Luang Prabang, Vientiane, and Champasak, from 1707 to 1779. It fell to Siamese suzerainty from 1779 to 1893 and was reunified under the French Protectorate of Laos in 1893.
2 dni temu · The Lao people, the predominant ethnic group in present-day Laos, are a branch of the Tai peoples who by the 8th century ce had established a powerful kingdom, Nanzhao, in southwestern China. From Nanzhao the Tai gradually penetrated southward into the Southeast Asian mainland; their migration was accelerated in the 13th century by the Mongol ...
15 lip 2024 · Summary. Laos has a rich history dating back to ancient civilizations, with evidence of early human settlement dating back to at least 10,000 years ago. The influence of Indian and Chinese empires played a significant role in shaping Laos’ culture, religion, and political systems.
It is a unitary single-party people’s republic with one legislative house; its head of state is the president, and its head of government is the prime minister. The Lao people migrated into Laos from southern China after the 8th century ce, displacing indigenous peoples. In the 14th century Fa Ngum founded the first Laotian state, Lan Xang.
14 mar 2021 · From the 9th to the 13th century the Khmers from Cambodia ruled much of what is now Laos. However, in the 14th century, the ancestors of today’s Laotians founded a kingdom called Lan Xang. The first king was the ambitious Chao Fa Ngum, who was succeeded by his son Phaya Samsenthai in 1373.
13 paź 2024 · The modern history of Laos has been turbulent, marked by the Laotian Civil War (1959-1975), also known as the Secret War. This period saw the rise of communist forces, backed by the Soviet Union and Vietnam , against the Royal Lao Government supported by the United States .
