Modern World History: Myanmar

Known as Rakhine State today, this article details the ancient independent country of Arakan, before it became a part of Burma (Myanmar)

Article on the king of the Toungoo dynasty (reigned 1551–81) in Myanmar (Burma).

The third and last of the imperial dynasties of Burma (present-day Myanmar). Founded in 1752, the Konbaung dynasty was the predominant power in mainland Southeast Asia until the First Anglo-Burmese War.

Article on the Anglo-Burmese Wars which pitted the conflicting interests of Burma (present-day Myanmar) against the British East India Company during the 19th century (1800s).

Article on the leader of the Burmese independence movement of the 20th century

In an 1853 speech, British free trade champion Richard Cobden used the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Burmese War (1852) to criticize the costs of imperial rule in India generally, and the activities of the East India Company in particular.

Article on this ethnic and religiuos minority group in Myanmar.

Biographical article on the iconic leader of the country's pro-democracy movement of the mid-1980s to the present.

The fourth paragraph of this report discusses Burma and religious persecution.