The Kingdom of Thailand, previously known as Siam, situated in the heart of Southeast Asia with Bangkok as the capital city, shared a border with Myanmar to the east, Laos to the northeast, Cambodia to the west, and Malaysia to the south...
Background Note
There were conflicting opinions about the origin of the Thais. It had been widely believed that the Thais had migrated 4,500 years ago, from what was now the southern part of China. Recently, however, new pre-historic artifacts from the Ban Chiang era had been discovered in northeast Thailand, questioning the previous theory...
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