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History
Birthday celebrations for King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Bangkok
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Thai history has all the dramatic elements to inspire the imagination:
palace intrigue, wars waged with spears and elephants, popular protest
movements and a penchant for 'smooth-as-silk' coups.
From the Beginning
Though there is evidence of prehistoric peoples, most scholars start the story of Thai
nationhood at the arrival of the 'Tai' people during the first millennium AD. The Tai
 
 
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