Episode 5.9 - Bayinnaung

Bayinnaung was a prince and leading general of a small Burmese kingdom. He helped lead it to become a large empire, only to watch it dissolve when his king was killed. But he quickly restored it, before expanding it more himself, creating the largest land empire in Southeast Asia.

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Sources:

• G.E. Harvey, A Brief History of Burma from the Earliest Times to 10 March 1824

• Victor B. Lieberman “Reinterpreting Burmese History”, Comparative Studies in Society and History

• Victor B. Lieberman “Europeans, Trade, and the Unification of Burma, c. 1540-1620”, Oriens Extremus

Names Mentioned:

• Akbar

• Ayutthaya

• Htaw

• Pagan

• Sawhtut

• Tabinshwehti