Transcript Myanmar

Myanmar
Chapter 14:iiid
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The first people to settle most of modern-day
Myanmar were the Mons and the Tibeto-Burmans.
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These groups
gradually
occupied the
region between
B.C. 200 and
100 A.D.
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The Mons
established
villages in
Southern
Burma.
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The Tibeto-Burmans settled along the Irrawaddy
River in the northern part of the country.
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The people of
Myanmar
accepted
aspects of
Indian culture,
including
Buddhism,
from sailors
and traders.
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The Tibeto-Burmans became the
dominant group, pushing the Mons
southward.
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The Burmese established a new capital
called Pagan, which quickly became a
center of Buddhist learning and culture.
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Mongol armies under Kublai Khan
captured Pagan during the 1200s A.D.
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Many Burmese moved to southern
Myanmar and founded fortified
towns along the river.
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A united
Burmese
kingdom
did not
appear
again until
the 1500s
A.D.
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