Late Middle Ages · Southeast Asia · Politics
1350
Ayutthaya Kingdom founded by Ramathibodi I
1350
On an island at the confluence of three rivers in the Chao Phraya basin, U Thong crowned himself king and established the Thai kingdom that would dominate mainland Southeast Asia for four centuries. Ayutthaya's cosmopolitan markets would draw Chinese, Japanese, Persian, and eventually Portuguese traders to its gilded spires, making it one of the great entrepots of Asia.
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Before and after in Southeast Asia
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.
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