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Laos

Laos. LAND OF A MILLION ELEPHANTS. http://c2w.com/quizzes/8293/The-Brand-Punchlines-Quiz/questions. The Lao People’s Democratic Republic mountainous, landlocked, sparsely populated country Shares boarders with Thailand, Myanmar, China, Vietnam and Cambodia.

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Laos

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  1. Laos LAND OF A MILLION ELEPHANTS

  2. http://c2w.com/quizzes/8293/The-Brand-Punchlines-Quiz/questionshttp://c2w.com/quizzes/8293/The-Brand-Punchlines-Quiz/questions

  3. The Lao People’s Democratic Republic • mountainous, landlocked, sparsely populated country • Shares boarders with Thailand, Myanmar, China, Vietnam and Cambodia

  4. http://www.ruby-sapphire.com/lao_sapphires.htm`

  5. Lanxang– a million elephants • The first kingdom of Laos • Emerged in 1353 • LanXang stretched from China to Cambodia and from the Khorat Plateau in present Thailand to the Annamite Mountains in the east. • Capital - LouangPhrabang • Religion – Theravada Buddhism

  6. Vientiane • In the sixteenth century, Vientiane (Viangchan) on the Mekong became prominent as a religious and trading center • reached its peak in the seventeenth century • For lack of a royal heir, the kingdom broke up in 1694, Vientiane and LouangPhrabang became centers of rival states. The south fell under Thai patronage.

  7. http://wikitravel.org/en/Laos

  8. French takeover • The French takeover between the 1860s and 1885 resulted from several factors. • They perceived the Mekong as a route to China • They feared Thai interests in their territories. • They were concerned about the intentions of armed bands of renegade Chinese who were attacking northern Laos and Vietnam • They were worried about British encroachment from Burma

  9. The war years • Late 1940s- Lao guerrilla groups developed along the mountainous Lao–Vietnam border, aided by Viet Minh knowhow and supplies. • After 1945, there were attempts at independence, but the French recaptured Laos in 1946. • 1949 - the French declared the king in LouangPhrabang, king of all Laos, held elections for a national assembly, and declared the country independent • PATHET LAO - guerrilla movement • 1954 - the French were defeated at Dien Bien Phu, a conference was held in Geneva to settle Indochina’s disputes. The Pathet Lao were not invited.

  10. The war years • 1959 - guerrilla warfare was in full swing, with the United States involved in supporting the Royal Lao Forces. • the CIA was secretly forming links with the opium-growing Hmong, whom they assisted in selling drugs to new markets in Southeast Asia. • Laos became deeply involved in the Vietnam War. About one-third of the bombs dropped in Indochina fell on Laos, especially on the Plain of Jars, part of the route of the Ho Chi Minh Trail

  11. PLAIN OF JARS http://www.theage.com.au/travel/its-a-mystery-plain-and-simple-20090730-e2mq.html

  12. The war years • 1973 - “Agreement on the Restoration of Peace and Reconciliation in Laos.” • 1975 - communist organizations toppled the power structures in Saigon and Phnom Penh, the Pathet Lao supported a “popular revolution.” • DECEMBER 1975 - a National Congress of Peoples Representatives voted for the establishment of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.

  13. NEW THINKING - Chin Thanakan Mai • 1991 - everything became privatized. Limited tourism is being promoted • devaluation of the kip • 1994 - The Friendship Bridge (built by the Australians) • Laos remains one of the poorest countries in Asia.

  14. Friendship bridge http://www.aecom.com/What+We+Do/Transportation/Market+Sectors/Highways+and+Bridges/_carousel/Mekong+River+First+Tai-Lao+Friendship+Bridge

  15. CAMBODIA BEYOND THE KILLING FIELDS http://www.cambodia.org/facts/

  16. CAMBODIA • ANGKOR WAT - Suryavarman II • 1975 TO 1978 GENOCIDE • The plains of Cambodia are ringed by the last foothills of the Himalayas, the Cardamom range in the west, the Elephant Mountains to the southwest, and the lengthy Dangrek chain to the north. The eastern frontier with Vietnam runs up into the high and inaccessible Moi Mountains, which are crossed by only one highway. Rising out of the plains are ranges of hills called phnom.

  17. http://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_cambodia1.html

  18. Early periods • 9thcentrury - Jayavarman II ruled over Angkor and established the concept of Devaraj: the godking. • 13thcentury - Theravada Buddhism • 1440 - Angkor was abandoned in favor of capital sites in the region of Phnom Penh. • the silting up of the irrigation system or even malaria. • The rise of the Thai state of Ayuthaya • The capital sites were closer to the sea and the booming sea trade of the fifteenth century. • 1840 – countrywide rebellion: Thais, Vietnamese, and Cambodian factions fought an inconclusive war

  19. Angkor Wat http://www.toptentourist.net/angkorwat/angkor-wat.html

  20. World war ii and cambodia’s independence • French reached an agreement with Japan to retain control of Indochina in return for allowing free movement of Japanese troops • Cambodia had no clear nationalist group • 1951 - the Khmer People’s Revolutionary Party (KPRP) was founded and began to organize guerrilla operations in outlying areas • 1953 - Prince Sihanouk • Independence of Cambodia from France

  21. Prince SIHANOUK • came to power under rigged elections • “Buddhist socialism” • intolerant of opposition • Gave importance to education but little interest to economic affairs • 1970 - while Sihanouk was overseas, the National Assembly withdrew its support and installed Lon Nol as the head of the new government of the “Khmer Republic.” • United States supported Lon Nol and his totally incompetent government.

  22. Prince sihanouk http://topics.time.com/Prince-Sihanouk

  23. Lon nol http://www.s9.com/Biography/Lon-Nol

  24. 1975 – Lon Nol’s regime collapsed and the rebels took Phnom Penh in April of the same year • 1977 – the Khmer Rouge announced the existence of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), which had been founded in 1968. • Pol Pot – real name is SalothSar • declare 1975 as the year zero • 1998 – Hun Sen became the head of government after winning disputed elections. During the same year, Pol Pot commmited suicide

  25. Pol pot http://www.causticsodapodcast.com/2012/01/23/pol-pot/

  26. Pol pot’s genocide • Pure socialism • Everything modern was to be eliminated • “We will burn the old grass and new will grow” • “though were bare handed, can do everything” • Food scarcity • More than 1 million died with estimates as high as 2 to 3 million • Murder was used as a tool of discipline

  27. http://mbourbaki.blogspot.com/2012_05_01_archive.html

  28. http://www.albertastars.com/2012/02/travel/ideas/5-terror-genocide-museums-world/http://www.albertastars.com/2012/02/travel/ideas/5-terror-genocide-museums-world/ http://mbourbaki.blogspot.com/2012_05_01_archive.html http://stophavingaboringlife.com/killing-fields-genocide-museum-1-day-vietnam-visa-in-phnom-penh-cambodia/

  29. http://en.isnhotnews.com/?p=17538

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