Toungoo dynasty
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The Toungoo dynasty, also spelt Taungoo dynasty and also known as the Nyaungyan dynasty after 1599, was the ruling dynasty of Burma from the mid-16th century to 1752. It is also called the Second Burm
The King of Toungoo in Pegu receives an envoy (17th century)
Kingdom of Ava
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The Ava Kingdom also known as Inwa Kingdom or Kingdom of Ava was the dominant kingdom that ruled upper Burma from 1365 to 1555. Founded in 1365, the kingdom was the successor state to the petty kingdo
Toungoo dynasty
…Toungoo dynasty. King Mingyi Nyo founded the First Toungoo Empire (1510–1599) at Taungoo far up the Sittaung River south of Inwa towards the end of the Ava Kingdom in 1510. After the conquest of Inwa by the Mohnyin-led Shan sawbwas in 1527, many Burmese-speakers migrated to Taungoo, which became a new centre…
Kingdom of Ava in 1368