THE VENICE OF THE EAST: AYUTTHAYA
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English - July 08, 2021 06:49 - 4 minutes - 3.89 MBPlaces & Travel Society & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The royal city of Ayutthaya (ah-you-tah-ya) was a small kingdom in Siam (modern Thailand), and it was an unrivalled commercial and maritime power from 1350-1767 CE. Ayutthaya became the second capital of Siam in 1438 CE when it absorbed the Sukhothai kingdom in northeast Thailand.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://railwaycafe.travel.blog/2021/07/08/the-venice-of-the-east-ayutthaya/
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