History of Thailand: The Country That Was Never Colonized
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Thailand never colonized that true
Thanks for this video, I’m American but my Gf is living BKK and I’ve been very inter with their rich and lengthy history and culture 👍
@DinoMan_6
11 ай бұрын
U sure she isn’t a he? Hehehooo. Jk.
Amazing video 👌🏼
Who is “Taskin?” We only know him as Taksin!
Thailand is a great country.
Most Western European countries tried to conquer Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Nepal, Bhutan, Liberia, Korea, Japan and China. But they never came to be.
@tingtingnoy3133
Жыл бұрын
What European country tried to colonize Thailand? It says they used it as a buffer state, anyone of which could of colonized Thailand
@aleksaradosavljevic4001
Жыл бұрын
@@tingtingnoy3133 I think probably UK.
@tingtingnoy3133
Жыл бұрын
@@aleksaradosavljevic4001 the guy said it was basically a French colony and only “independent” by name only.
@BlakChaiyo
Жыл бұрын
@@tingtingnoy3133 Is your country weak? Thai-Siam battles with the Navy, Air Force and Army against France to compete for territories. No other country has waged a war like this. because they were slaves Are you jealous of Thailand?
@tingtingnoy3133
Жыл бұрын
@@BlakChaiyo Siam was really a French colony
As a history channel, you inspire me
uh note: the reformer is not Taskin, It's Tak Sin 👌
@PhuriphatKraikoom
Жыл бұрын
We call Phra chao Tak or taksin, Sin ( nickname) or Phraya Thonburi ( title )
That was remarkable in the ancient history of Thailand . It is very interesting to learn about the country I was born into.
One of the more thoroughly researched and non bias videos on KZread. Besides some mispronunciations here and there, almost all of the information is correct. I will try to list some mistakes and suggestions on top of my head. 1. Lavo has been a city of Mon people (and later Khmer) long before Sukhothai or Ayutthaya, not just from the 14th cent. onward. After the rise of Ayutthaya, Lavo lost some significance but later was restored in the reign of King Narai in the 17th cent. as the ”2nd” capital. But after that, it was relegated again to just another city. 2. Ayuthaya has incorporated both Buddhism and Hinduism since the early period and has developed its culture based on these 2 religions on top of the old Animistic ritual core. not just Buddhism or Hinduism as stated in the video. All of these beliefs can still be seen in modern-day Thailand. 3. It is still debatable that Sukhothai is the first kingdom of the Tai people in the area of what is known as Thailand nowadays because there were the kingdom of Ngoenyang and Singhanavati situated in the far north of Thailand since the 7th century. I do agree that Sukhothai's achievement of rebelling from the Khmer empire was quite remarkable and has settled the debate about its independence but I still think those northern kingdoms were also quite autonomous and can be considered real “kingdoms”. 4. The king was obviously named “Taksin” not Taskin😅 5. The word Tai or Thai actually means the same thing in Thai language (ไท -> ไทย). I believe the ย was added to this word first time in the Ayuthaya according to the known documents. (Still, both spellings were used interchangeably). By adding ย it gave a little quirk of Sanskrit name and had a more refined look compared to just plain ไท. Actually, when Field Marshall Phibun suggested the word ไท or ไทย to be the new official name replacing Siam. The voting was held and ไท lost to ไทย by a small margin and then Thailand became Thailand officially.
@zxzxzx3859
Жыл бұрын
Best commate
@tingtingnoy3133
Жыл бұрын
This was terrible dude, it just means you have no idea of the history
@tingtingnoy3133
Жыл бұрын
#1 Thai does Not mean Free, after that all of what he said is comical. Thaksin was Chinese yes but Thongduang or Rama1 was Mon. If your going to ethnically identify one you should ethnically identify the guy that killed the other one
@tingtingnoy3133
Жыл бұрын
Tai is a Lao and Zhuang Lao word that means Place or location, it was adopted by the Siamese to mean the ethnic group or to mean people to “free…” basically just a nationalist creation
@bank0942
7 ай бұрын
@tingtingnoy3133 5555โคตรมั่ว ไทเป็นคำลาวเฉย คนไท ที่เขาอยู่ที่อื่นเขาก็เรียกตัวว่าไท ตั้งเเต่สมัยไหน เราไม่เคยเรียกตัวเองว่าสยาม
Where is the first Thai King came from?
Would also be interesting to see Cambodia history
This western reporter he just guess,if you want to know the real history you have to study histories around thailand 's neighbors countries.china ,laos,combodia that will be clear.This may be learn from 1800 not far back to ancient .
The narative is based on the old history textbook, which is not reliable. It should be revised.
FYI…..you don’t mine “bronze”…..
This is wrong information. Although The migration came in from china but around that time there is also other migration of other natives within the region of Southeast Asia who finally joined in with the local habitant who was already there well before the movement. This part of information is now confirmed by the archaeologists team from all over the world on site studies that revealing more and more as they dig up and discovered cities and kingdoms some of which is much older than the Khmer. Particularly within the last 10-15 years in scientific research evidences which provided many proven results about the Thai older ancestral group going back as far as between 4000-6000 years. The latest discovery found which recently became UNESCO world heritage site in 2023 under taravadee period that is 1800-2200 years old and its known as the Sri-thape Kingdom. So Thai are not all Chinese. Thai is the group of people coming together settling in one area around the central plain under the name of free people of the land or land of the free before it became a town, city then kingdom and finally empire. This is because around that time there were so many war lord and tribes dotted all over from north to south of the area or country trying to overtake & overthrow the most precious resources which is peoples. DNA tests collection is a good way to determine who the Thai really are. The results shown only small Chinese DNA to that of India and others of the older bloodlines. The Thai need to stop believing old biased history that written up by others western. It is the right time to re write history using more facts from proven science along with the historical relevant evidences kept in records from passerby who doesn’t just came from European continent. Otherwise, everyone will keep saying that Thai is Chinese. This is the same belief about the homo sapients, as science gets better the advancement already shown that they weren’t the only developed first form of human form Africa. In fact Southeast Asia have your own too. Do search it up, it is very interesting.
@DZSTEVE1
4 ай бұрын
Yo bro you are right😊
@DZSTEVE1
4 ай бұрын
Yes I see some video says about noah's flood without any historical and scientific proof 😂😂 They are dumb🤣
Thailand's Heavily Inspired By Indian & Chola Culture.
@eakachaim28
Жыл бұрын
Why are there so support China! I don't know why are they so proud of China! if all of them it from that side that you say? Ps. Only question in my mind Thai natives are restless gone. now that country is almost 80-90% All of them were half-Asians left. Native = Never
@jirawatff2143
Жыл бұрын
🤣
@gidlin
Жыл бұрын
😂
@bobsmith3291
Жыл бұрын
That’s what he said
@jirawatff2143
Жыл бұрын
Wtf so funny 🤣
The Indian influence on Thailand is deeper and lasting. All their kings bore the name Rama!
@PhuriphatKraikoom
Жыл бұрын
Ofc because buddha and Hindu are from india influence to Southeast asia Now we have ramayana story in thai art including buddhism architecture
@jxyskies8519
2 ай бұрын
Yes in our country have many influences by India cuz Buddhism, like Songkran festival, Loykratong festival and some of literature like Ramayana, etc.
I love thailand
Um, why did u call Taksin, Taskin???
@fanwtn5124
2 жыл бұрын
A lot of KZread channel also called him Taskin... I think it is the source's mistake
@lim3tric640
2 жыл бұрын
@@fanwtn5124 yeag
@Tr4v3ler
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I understand the mispronuciations, but this is flat out spelled wrong. Should double check before putting out a documentary on the subject.
Colonized by Mon and Tai Kadai
@vassanab4243
Жыл бұрын
They are mon and Tai Kadai
@PhuriphatKraikoom
Жыл бұрын
it not a colony it a culture influence The colonial are Western europe
Bangkok was the original name for Krungthep, Rattanakosin is the name of the dynasty
@Munin_Artthanaporn
8 ай бұрын
Thai dynasty is Chakri Rattanakosin is the capital name just like Ayuttaya Bangkok is Krungthep Mahanakorn Amon Rattanakosin Ayuttaya was Krungthep Taravade Sri Ayuttaya
ขอแปลเป็นไทยหน่อยครับ
Myanmar already does 💀💀
a lot of incorrect info, and wrong timeline.
damn.. even the king name is wrong...
W mans
Just have to end the video with an insult and keep that sense of superiority huh?
khom is not Khmer. You have to understand this.
@user-qj1wy9fs5u
Ай бұрын
Yes
@soneouy3120
Ай бұрын
There is no khom but only Khmer, thais people called Khmer was Khmer Khrom (Khrom means lower) that is mean Khmer is at south because thai word there is no R sound and they keep calling Khmer Khom and in short is Khom but that is not the real name of Khmer. khmer is only Khmer just like Siam, Khmer people not call Siam but they call Seam instead.
@user-cd5zo9rg4q
Ай бұрын
@@soneouy3120 เขมรมีอินเทอร์เน็ตแล้วควรรับรู้ข้อมูลความจริงที่เป็นปัจจุบันของสากลได้แล้วครับ ถ้าเรายอมรับปัจจุบันไม่ได้เราก็ไม่มีอนาคต
Too many howevers
🙏☦️Dear and beloved Thai, you are the descendants of HADORAM son of Joktan (ancestor of east Asians) of the line of Shem son of Noah: ■ *Yoktan*■(east Asian orientals): *Almodad* (Olmec/Maya/Inca: YUCATAN - central+south Amaricas) *Sheleph* (Sheyene/Sioux/Shivwits/Shoshone -YOKUTS- north native Americans) *Hazarmaveth* (Hadramauts: QATAN - S.Arabia/Indonesia) *Yerah* (Eskimos: Inuit/Aleut/Yupik -Yuuyaraq◇Tarqeq- YUKON, Greenland, Alaska, Canada) *Hadoram* (Tai/Siam: kraDai, Kam, Dong, Ahom>dharma - Thailand, Burma, Laos) *Uzal* (Turkic peoples: YAKUTS, Oguz..) *Diklah* (Japanese, Koreans: Silla/Baekje/Goryeo/Hokkaido/Tokyo ) *Obal* (Han Chinese: Balhae/Mohe/Malgal ) *Abimael* (Viet/Khmer: Vietnam, Cambodia, Malay "Malang") *Sheba* (Dravidians/Tamil: India, Sri Lanka) *Ophir* (Austronesians: Indonesia/Malaysia> golden isles, Philippines, Polynesia, Micronesia) *Havila* (Melanesians: Tibetans, Bhutan, Bengali, Nepali, Papuans, Australians - Solomon's islands) *Yobab* (Mongols: Xianbei/Shiwei/Khitan)
@starmorning6197
Жыл бұрын
I don't know which documents did you research from?
@EasternRomeOrthodoxy
Жыл бұрын
@@starmorning6197 Josephus and ancient historical sources
This is a middle finger to every imperialist out there.
@loshelley5804
2 жыл бұрын
wow first
Source Material must be Wikipedia Thai does not mean free, Tai is a reference to a place or location. The word for Free is Issara. No Thai person has ever used the word Thai to mean free in any sentence in history.
Thaksin was Chinese and Rama1 was Mon. Funny how most Wikipedia historians skipped the second part, Thaksin going insane has more to do with legitimizing the usurper’s then actual history.
@BlakChaiyo
Жыл бұрын
Is your country weak? Thai-Siam battles with the Navy, Air Force and Army against France to compete for territories. No other country has waged a war like this. because they were slaves Are you jealous of Thailand? 😂
@siamchaiyo3349
6 ай бұрын
ประเทศคุณขี้แพ้ ด้อยพัฒนา ปมด้อยของคุณชัดมาก😂
@clementine.5143
Ай бұрын
@@siamchaiyo3349 อะไรของคุณเห็นหลายเม้นแลัว หลอนอ่อหรือมาป่วนหรืออยากมีตัวตนผมงงด่าเค้าไปเรื่อยสงสัยจะบ้า
😂😂😂😂😂😂 what it this so funny.
Thailand had been colonized many times, well their kingdoms. Thailand is a reunion of all Tai-Siamese and some Mon kingdoms merged together. Those small kingdoms were colonized by Cambodia and Burma many times. The first Thai kingdom (Sukhothai) was a Cambodian province that gained independence. Not just that but the Toungoo Empire (modern day Burma/Myanmar) once ruled over the whole of Siam (a Tai-Siamese kingdom).
@user-uj5wh4mj8h
Ай бұрын
Can't accept the truth? 
This it videos from Cambodia people not good for believed.
@สมิงลูกลิงกัง
2 ай бұрын
,,,😂😂😂😂
@soneouy3120
Ай бұрын
They all know about this facts but only in thailand they didn’t know because government and elder keep hiding from Thais people.
Seriously 😒 We applying Darwin’s theory on this too.. 🙄 smh
@TheIsh1000
2 жыл бұрын
Lol you don’t believe in science?
@lueymith4167
Жыл бұрын
Unclear history. Need to do more research.
gotta love how unbias the video is XD well done. yeah Thailand is suffer a lot of corruption and military coup. I think if Thailand could find a way to stopping military to have enough authority to involve with politic the country will develop fast. It is 13 times that Thailand has a military coup.
🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭 ผมมาจากประเทศไทย มาทักทายพวกคุณที่มาจากประเทศทาสอาณานิคม😂
@soneouy3120
Ай бұрын
We were to be slaves once beacause we lost the war but thais is always thieves forever because you are living in others’ house and land and keep stealing and claim to be your owns.