1. The Thai - Chapter 14:iiie - [Image source: http://www.amegawood.com/images/culture2.jpg]

2. The ancestors of the Thai people began migrating to the area of present-day Thailand from China circa 700 A.D. [Image source: http://www.gothailand.com/phuket/images/rice.jpg]

3. Sukhothai, the first Thai kingdom, was established in the north-central part of the country circa 1238 A.D. [Image source: http://www.thailandtourismus.de/images/maps/provinces-maps/sukhothai.gif]

4. Sukhothai lasted for approximately 100 years. [Image source: http://www.ggrz-hagen.nrw.de/js-thai/040326-18-Sukhothai.jpg]

5. King Ramkhamhaeng (ruled 1275 to 1217 A.D.) made Sukhothai into a center of learning. [Image source: http://www.molon.de/galleries/Thail and/Sukhotai/images01/29%20Statu e%20of%20King%20Ramkhamhae ng.jpg]

6. The Thai developed a system of writing based on the Khmer script. [Image source: http://www.ethaimusic.com/images/thai_alphabet.gif]

7. A pillar erected in 1292 A.D. acknowledged Ramkhamhaeng’s reign as a golden age. [Image source: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Co ngress/7905/sirajar.jpg]

8. “This Sukhothai is good. In the water there are fish. In the fields there is rice. The king does not levy a [tax] on his people.... Who wants to trade in elephants, trades. Who wants to trade in horses, trades. Who wants to trade in gold and silver, trades....” [Image sourcehttp://www.terragalleria.com/images/vietnam/viet7773.jpeg]

9. Prince Ramathibodi overthrew the Sukhothai and established the Ayutthaya kingdom. [Image source: http://www.sophiaportal.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=194&g2_serialNumber=4]

10. He set-up a new capital up the Chao Phraya River from where present-day Bangkok. [Image source: http://www.chiangmai-chiangrai.com/ayutthaya8.html]

11. The Ayutthaya kingdom had 33 kings over a period of almost four centuries. [Image source: http://www.natale.to/thai2004/ayutthaya-16.jpg]

12. At its height, Ayutthaya controlled parts of Myanmar and the Malay Peninsula. [Image source: http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/chiangmai/thailandhistory.jpg]

13. [Image source: http://www.mtwthailand.org/Thailand%20Info/Photos/General/religion.gif]