| Thailand will become the hinged plate of the trade (fabric of cotton, money and copper, silk, porcelain and tea, tin, pepper, spices, wood aromatic, resins, horns of rhinoceros, pearls, nests of swallows, buckskins and sugar) between China, Japan, India and the Arabic peninsula.The Chinese, Indian and Persian vessels, which made stopover with semi-way in the cities of the south of Thailand, will feed the coastal counters of Chaiya (close to Surat Thani), Nakorn If Thammarat, Pattani and Songkhla. |
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In 1988, UNESCO classified with the world inheritance the old city of Sukhothai which is with ten kilometers of the modern city bearing the same name . |
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The king If Intharathit will found the kingdom of Sukhothai (the Paddle of the Happiness) in 1238, then will extend his domination on the Khmer Empire and the remote areas of the south of current Thailand, then under the influence of Sirivijaya. The latter, whose capital was on the island Indonesi of Sumatra, principal trade road between China and India controlhad controlled for several centuries. Bang Klang CAT which will succeed his/her father and will be under the name of Rama Kamheng the Large one (1279-1300) will continue the conquests of the kingdom of Sukhothai and will seize Malayan peninsula until the site of current Singapore, always with the detriment of the Sirivijaya empire. According to the legend, the sovereign will modify the writing sri lankaise to create the Thai alphabet (44 consonants, 32 vowels and 5 intonations). |
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| King Rama Kamheng will subject the hereditary and Moslem sultans of Malaysia to important financial royalties which will be perceived until the end of the XVIIIeme century. This supervision generated tensions with England and France at the time of the colonization of the south-east of Asia. Thailand, who wished to avoid the invasion by the Mongolian hordes of Kublai Khan which had already conquered a part of Burma, the Vietnam and certain islands of the south of Indonesia, will discharge in its turn of an annual tribute to the emperor of China until his abolition under the reign of Rowed IV (1851-1868). |
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The first Western visitor of Thailand, Marco Polomin, will describe into 1288 the wonders of the Sukhothai Kingdom in his newspaper the voyages of Marco Polo. He will then use the Khmer word of kingdom of Siam to name Thailand. This name will be retained by the whole world until 1939 date on which will appear the name of Thailand. Marco Polo will evoke its second passage in 1294, at the time of its tour through China, the straits of Malacca and the island of Sumatra. |
| The first Western visitor of Thailand, Marco Polomin, will decrira into 1288 the wonders of the Sukhothai Kingdom in his newspaper the voyages of Marco Polo. He will then use the Khmer word of kingdom of Siam to name Thailand. This name will be retained by the whole world until 1939, date on which will appear the name of Thailand. Marco Polo will evoquera its second passage in 1294, at the time of its tour through China, the straits of Malacca and the island of Sumatra. |
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Kings de Sukhothai who will succeed Rama Kamheng the Large one will not have of cease to dispute the capacity. Animated by their only personal ambition, they will neglect the interest of the country and its safety. The Kingdom of Sukhothai will be annexed by Ayutthaya in 1376.
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