The national pattern of the ancient Indochina Peninsula is basically the same as in modern times, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos have all established countries, and have their own dynasties, of course, there are other countries that have perished and their dynasties, such as Champa, originally a country in today's southern Vietnam, but during the reign of the Fifteenth Dynasty, the Le Dynasty was completely destroyed by the Vietnamese Dynasty, and the territory was incorporated into Vietnam, forming the territory of today's Vietnam.
If you really want to rank the countries and dynasties of the ancient Indochina Peninsula, who is the real overlord of the Indochina Peninsula?
There is no single answer to this question, because the five Indochina Peninsula countries have had a flourishing dynasty, and there are dynasties of different countries dominating the Indochina Peninsula at different times, and now the author will introduce them to readers one by one.
Five countries in the Indochina Peninsula
The first Indochina overlord: the Angkor dynasty of Cambodia
Cambodia established the state much earlier than the other four countries, around 100 AD (during the Eastern Han Dynasty of China), the establishment of the Funan Dynasty in Cambodia was the first dynasty in the history of the entire Indochina Peninsula, Cambodia formed a country, but only a small country, it is impossible to talk about dominating the Indochina Peninsula.
Subsequently, Cambodian history continued to change dynasties, both unified and divided, and in 802 AD, the Khmer Jayavarman II raised troops to destroy the Chenla dynasty and establish a new dynasty, because the capital was set in Angkor, called the Angkor dynasty. Around 1200 AD, the Angkor Dynasty developed to the extreme, with territory beyond the entire territory of present-day Cambodia, including Thailand, Vietnam, and parts of Laos, and was the most powerful dynasty in Cambodian history and the first overlord in the history of the Indochina Peninsula.
In 1432 AD, the flourishing Ayutthaya dynasty of Thailand destroyed the declining Cambodian Angkor dynasty, and the Cambodian Angkor dynasty, which had lasted for 630 years, collapsed.
The Angkor dynasty of Cambodia is the most prosperous territory
The second Indochina overlord: the Ayutthaya dynasty of Thailand
Thailand was established in 1238 AD, when the Sukhothai Dynasty was established in Thailand, which was the first dynasty in Thai history, and in 1351 AD, the Dai Rama Tie Bodhi I established the Ayutthaya Dynasty, named after the Ayutthaya Dynasty, and destroyed the Sukhothai Dynasty in 1399 AD and unified Thailand.
Around 1420 AD, the Ayutthaya dynasty of Thailand developed to its peak, destroyed the neighboring Cambodian Angkor Dynasty, incorporated Cambodian territory into Thailand, and conquered parts of Burma and Laos, making it the most powerful dynasty in Thai history and the second hegemon in the history of Indochina Peninsula.
In 1569 AD, the Donggu Dynasty, which had developed to the extreme, destroyed the declining Ayutthaya Dynasty in Thailand, and although it was restored 15 years later in 1584 AD, its national strength was greatly weakened, and it could only survive under the powerful Donggu Dynasty of Burma. In 1767 AD, the Kampung Dynasty that replaced the Donggu Dynasty in Burmese history destroyed the declining Ayutthaya Dynasty of Thailand, and the Ayutthaya Dynasty of Thailand, which lasted for 401 years, collapsed.
The territory of the Ayutthaya dynasty in Thailand
The third Indochina overlord: the Donggu dynasty of Burma
Myanmar established the state in 1044 AD, that year the establishment of the Bagan Dynasty in Myanmar, is the first dynasty in the history of Myanmar, since then the history of Myanmar has also experienced unity and division, in 1531 AD the Burmese Mangrui body established the Donggu Dynasty, named for the capital Donggu, in 1551 AD destroyed other secession dynasties in the territory, complete the unification of Myanmar.
In 1569 AD, the Toungoo Dynasty, which developed to the extreme, destroyed the declining Ayutthaya Dynasty of Thailand, and the entire territory of Thailand became the territory of Myanmar, and then the entire territory of Laos and Cambodia were also incorporated into Myanmar, with a territorial area of more than one million square kilometers, which is the largest dynasty in the historical territory of the Indochina Peninsula, larger than the previous Cambodian Angkor Dynasty and the Ayutthaya Dynasty of Thailand, and is truly the third Indochina Peninsula overlord.
In 1752, the newly established Burmese Gongbang Dynasty replaced the declining Toungoo Dynasty, and the 221-year-old Burmese Donggu Dynasty collapsed.
The territory of the Donggu dynasty of Burma
The fourth Indochina overlord: the Nguyen dynasty of Vietnam
Vietnam was founded in 968 AD, the year Vietnam ended its history as Chinese territory for more than a thousand years, became independent from China, and established the Dinh Dynasty, which was the first dynasty in Vietnamese history. Although Vietnam is a country in the Southeast Peninsula, its civilization is in the same vein as Chinese civilization, so the historical trajectory is most similar to the Chinese historical trajectory, and the monarchs of all dynasties are called emperors, which is different from the monarchs of Cambodia, Thailand and Burma called kings.
The history after the establishment of Vietnam as a country, continuous dynastic changes, the territory of successive dynasties began to expand from today's north to the south, Chinese dynasties repeatedly sent troops south to recover Vietnam, but all ended in failure, even the invincible Mongol Empire and the Chinese Yuan Dynasty were defeated by the small Vietnamese dynasty, only the Chinese Ming Dynasty destroyed the Hu Dynasty of Vietnam and briefly recovered, but after 20 years it gave up because of incompetence, the leader of the Vietnamese anti-Ming peasant uprising, Lê Lee, established the Hou Lê Dynasty in 1428 AD, and Vietnam was restored.
Le Li, the founding emperor of the Later Lê Dynasty of Vietnam
Therefore, the national strength of all Vietnamese dynasties is very strong, and the Cambodian dynasty, the Thai dynasty, and the Burmese dynasty have never defeated the Vietnamese dynasty is also one of the important evidences, and it definitely has the strength of the hegemon of the Indochina Peninsula. However, the real dynasty that can be the overlord of the Indochina Peninsula is the Nguyen Dynasty, the last dynasty in Vietnamese history, when the Emperor Nguyen Phuc Anh destroyed the Tây Son Dynasty, unified Vietnam, and established the Nguyen Dynasty.
The Nguyen dynasty of Vietnam developed to the peak during the reign of the second monarch Minh Ming Emperor Nguyen Phuc Thanh, developing the territory of Vietnam to its largest in history, beyond the entire territory of today, most of Laos and Cambodia are its territory, although the territorial area is not as large as the Phnom Penh dynasty of Cambodia, the Ayutthaya dynasty of Thailand, and the Donggu dynasty of Burma, but it can definitely be called the fourth overlord of the Indochina Peninsula.
In the late 19th century, the Nguyen dynasty of Vietnam became a puppet of the French colonization of Vietnam, and Vietnam became a French colony, but its vitality was tenacious until 1945, when the Second World War II was destroyed by the revolution, and the country was destroyed in 143 years.
The Nguyen dynasty of Vietnam is the most prosperous territory
Finally, let's talk about Laos. Laos is the only landlocked country in the Indochina Peninsula, established in 1353 AD, the first dynasty was the Nanzhang Dynasty, but its subsequent historical development is more tortuous, the territory has been divided for thousands of years, scattered with some weak national strength of the divided dynasty, its territory has been repeatedly occupied by Cambodia, Thailand, Burma, Vietnam dynasties, can only survive in the cracks.
In modern times, Laos became a French colony, and the dynasties in the territory were either destroyed or reduced to vassals, until 1945, shortly after the end of World War II, the old dragon man Si Sawang Fong established the Western Sawang Dynasty and successfully unified Laos, but at this time the national pattern of the Indochina Peninsula has been finalized, and this last dynasty in Lao history has done nothing.
In 1975 AD, the revolution broke out in Laos, which destroyed the Si Sawang Dynasty, and the Western Sawang Dynasty, which was only 30 years old, collapsed, so Laos is the only country in the history of the five countries in the Indochina Peninsula that has not had a dynasty as the hegemon of the Indochina Peninsula.
The history of Laos has been divided for thousands of years