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2nd Millenium B.C
room China
The lost civilisation of Sanxingdui
The mysterious civilization of Sanxingdui, first discovered in the 1980s, is still very little understood, as we have yet to find any written records. Sanxingdui and the surrounding region may have been a cradle for peoples speaking Tibeto-Burman languages (including languages ancestral to Burmese, Jingpo, Naga, Zomi,etc.) It was a 2nd Millenium B.C. Bronze-Age civilization that existed the same time as Shang dynasty China, New Kingdom Egypt and ancient Babylon. Sanxingdui is in what is today Sichuan (in western China)...
Explore Myanmar History through a Timeline
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The aim of this website is to promote interest in Myanmar's amazing history.Our hope is to challenge the often two-dimensional and uncritical views of history taught in Myanmar by reexamining key periods in the country's past. We would like as well to reveal the rich multicultural nature of Myanmar's history and its deep and ongoing ties to global events and trends.Finally, this website will also delve into the history of neighbouring regions, such as Yunnan in China and the Northeast in India, in the hope of introducing these places to a Myanmar audience.We believe that meeting Myanmar's many challenges today will require fresh imaginative thinking. This is turn will only be possible with a clear and critical understanding of Myanmar and global history.