Burmese-Laotian Wars
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles
- Curriculum: Asian History
- Geographical Location: Southeast Asia, Burma, Indochina, Laos, Thailand
- Date: 1558-1592
Article abstract: At issue: Political control of the Southeast Asian mainland. Result: Burma briefly directed the region’s politics.
Background
The Shan, having extricated themselves from paying tribute to the Chinese early in the sixteenth century, conquered Ava (1527), whose inhabitants fled southward to Toungoo (central Burma, in modern Myanmar). Burmese ruler Tabinshwehti held the Shan at bay in the north, conquered the Mon princes, and gained control of Pagan in the Irrawaddy Valley. By 1546, he had united most of the kingdoms of Burma. In the...
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