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Sabaidee All, 

Wow! So quiet around here...Are you all waiting for my
posting =). My apology. Just got home from work.
Well, are you ready? 

Laos's history:

A civil war within China around the year 221 A.C gave Prince
Koon Lai Lao (Prince Ming's nephew) an opportunity to further 
unify the Lao people and build six splendid cities. In the next few 
years, as the Lao prospered, Laos again came to the attention
of China who saw their growth as a treat to their own existence and
again declared war against the Lao people. Even with a much stronger
Army than that of his uncle, Prince Koon Lai Lao didn't stand a 
chance against the mightier Chinese troops.

By the year 649 A.C, the Lao had migrated to safer ground and, true 
to their industrious nature, built the city of NongSairNoy, later to be 
called Aanajuck NongSair. Aanajuck NongSair was divided into four
parts and this division helped shape this region into what we now 
recognized as the Southeast Asian countries of Burma, Thailand, 
Vietnam,
and Laos.

The country of Laos during this era was physically the largest in its 
history. The Lao had ruled over Aanajuck NongSair for 614 years under
King Koon Boulom and seven of his sons.  In the year 1235 A.C, the
Chinese Army attacked Aanajuck NongSair and, again, the Lao did not
stand a chance against the Chinese. This latest offense by the Chinese
caused the Lao to head further south and was effective in scattering 
the
Lao into 5 separate groups that remain to this day. The people who 
lived
in the West part of Aanajuck NongSair went to Utsom or Aahom, which 
later became India. The people who lived in the southern regions of 
Aanajuck
NongSair went to Shanstate, which later became Burma. The people who
lived in the North scattered along the Black River or the Red River and 
came
to call themselves Tai Dum or Tai Dang. The people who lived in the 
area
of Yunaan and South of Kow Chong moved along the Chao Pra Ya River
and established Siam, which later became Thailand. The last group 
scattered
along the Mekong River and called themselves Tai Lao or Ai Lao, which
later became Laos. Those that remain in Aanajuck NongSair came under 
Chinese rule and referred to themselves as Tai Laeu or Lao Laeu. They 
still
speak the ancient Lao language to this day.

Haak Paang,

Douang
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