ANTH 320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Khorat Plateau, Lan Xang, Tenasserim Hills
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Cambodia: current population: ~15,600,000, capital: phnom penh, other cities: siem reap (angkor, language: khmer, religion: buddhism (theravada, home to pre-angkorian (funan, chenla) and angkor states. Thailand: current population: ~65,700,000, capital: bangkok, tai (modern, religion: buddhist (theravada, ne thailand is the khorat plateau, also known as isan, home to dvaravati kingdom (6th to 11th century ce); sukhothai (13th to 15th century); Laos: current population: ~6,500,000, capital: vientiane, language: lao, religion: none buddhist (theravada) and animism, khmer occupied southern part of laos, northern part home to lan xang state. Vietnam: current population: ~92,000,000, capital: hanoi, other cities: ho chi minh (saigon, language: vietnamese, religion: none (officially) buddhist (mahayana), confucian and daoism still practiced, home to dai viet (north) and champa (south) Myanmar: current population: 54,300,000, capital: naypyidaw, formerly rangoon (yangon, language: burmese, shan, ethnic groups: burmese, shan, chin and numerous small hill tribes, home of the pagan empire, mon-speaking rival to the khmer empire.
