Timeline of Myanmar's changing governance

  • 100,000 BCE

    First evidence of Burmese people in 10,000 BCE

    Ancient Myanmar was an area of city-states and it often warred with countries like China. It also made alot of money trading spicies to European countries
  • British Annexed Burma

    The monarchy was dissestablished and they enforced a separation of Church and state. and the countries' main religion, Buddhism was excluded from this.
  • Period: to 1948 BCE

    Burmese occupation by Imperial Japan

    Because of Myanmar's valuable trade link to china it resulted in Imperial Japan annexing Myanmar In world war 2
  • Myanmar gains independance

    After a 40 year long indepedence campagin Myanmar gains independence