Thailand
Bangkok

The capital city of Thailand .Bangkok or krungthep its call to tradition in Thai. Angles city is its name .It has many people from all area in Thailand but can mixed as excellent culture .You can see thai culture over 80 percentages ,some china ,little india and etc.Most of thai is buddhism .Bangkok is a big city that has modern buildings and architectures.The center for business or transportation is Bangkok .

Bangkok - History
The Thon Buri and Early Bangkok periods

A new era in Thai history began with the rise to power of Taksin, a military commander of great skill and charismatic personality who succeeded in pushing back the Burmans and seizing political power. In 1767 Taksin established his new capital at Thon Buri (Thonburi), on the opposite side of the Chao Phraya River from modern Bangkok. The new location was less accessible to the armies of Myanmar than Ayutthaya had been and was ideally situated for the conduct of seaborne trade and commerce. Capitalizing on the trade relations that Siam had already developed with China, Taksin encouraged Chinese merchants and craftsmen to take advantage of the economic opportunities offered by the site of his new capital. Large numbers of Chinese settled permanently in Siam, where their involvement in business and trade—coupled with the tax revenues that these activities provided—helped restore the country's devastated economy.

Taksin not only recovered the territories that had formerly been part of the Ayutthayan empire but set out to extend Siamese control over new areas. His armies annexed part of what is now northeastern Cambodia and advanced up the Mekong River as far as present-day Vientiane, Laos. In the south they subdued the northern part of the Malay Peninsula, while to the north they pushed the Burmans out of the old northern Tai kingdom of Lan Na.

Within a few years of seizing power, however, Taksin showed signs of serious mental instability, and in 1782 he was overthrown. He was succeeded by his former military commander, known by his official name of Chao Phraya (“Great Lord”) Chakri. As Rama I (ruled 1782–1809), he became the first king of the still-reigning Chakri (or Chakkri) dynasty.
Bangkok began as a small trading center and port community, called Bang Makok ("place of olive plums"), serving Ayutthaya, which was the capital of Siam until it fell to Burma in 1767. A new capital was then established at Thonburi (now part of Bangkok) on the west side of the river, before in 1782 King Rama I built his palace on the east bank and renamed his city Krung Thep, meaning the "City of Angels". The name Bangkok (help·info) now refers only to an old district on the Thonburi side of the river, but continues to be used to refer to the entire city by most foreigners.

The full ceremonial name of Krung Thep or Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit, which means "The city of angels, the great city, the eternal jewel city, the impregnable city of God Indra, the grand capital of the world endowed with nine precious gems, the happy city, abounding in an enormous Royal Palace that resembles the heavenly abode where reigns the reincarnated god, a city given by Indra and built by Vishnukarn." Local schoolchildren are taught the full name, although few can explain its meaning because many of the words are archaic. Most Thais who do recall the full name do so as it was used in a popular song (Krung Thep Mahanakhon by Asanee-Wasan Chotikul 1989) and will often recount it by recalling the song at the same time, much in the same way that English speakers sing the alphabet song while reciting the English alphabet.

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