1. The document summarizes several wars that occurred during the Sukhothai Kingdom period in Thai history, which was generally considered a time of peace. It describes four main wars: wars to take back lands initially, fighting off invaders from Cambodia, an "elephant war" against a local leader, and an invasion by the rising Ayutthaya Kingdom. 2. The wars are seen as reflecting the rise and fall of Sukhothai's strength and influence over neighboring regions and powers over time. Key leaders involved in the wars, such as King Ramkhamhaeng, helped define the kingdom but its dominance eventually waned with the growing threat from Ayutthaya. 3. By the

1. Wars of Sukhothai Kingdom
Unit 2: Sukhothai Kingdom
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Presented by
1. Patpimol (Mami) Hiruntecha
2. Samuel Hiromitsu Kawano
3. Suphanat (Soup) Isarangkoon Na Ayutthaya

2. Thai Studies G.9
Unit 2: Thai History during Sukhothai Periods
Focusing Questions:
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1. How Sukhothai period reflect Thai beliefs, cultures, or their daily lives at
present?
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2. During Sukhothai period, who are the famous key people and what role do
they do for the country?
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Key Concept: Culture
Related Concepts: Governance, Significance, Belief
Global Context: Orientation in Time and Space
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3. Inquiry into: Wars - Slide Show
Why were there wars, if it
was a peaceful period?

4. Flashing back to the Neolithic civilization situated at the
modern-day UNESCO World Heritage Site in Ban Chiang, the
history of Thailand is long, proud, and fairly well documented.
Over the early centuries of the Common Era, tribes of Mon,
Khmer, and Tai peoples established realms within the borders
of modern Thailand; the Mon speaking Buddhist civilization
of Dvaravati in the first millennium giving way to the Khmer
empire of Angkor by the turn of the second millennium.

5. Thailand before Sukhothai
Sukhothai

6. The First War
Taking back the Lands

7. The lands taken back by
King Srinawnamtoom
Khun Jod
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Leader of
Another Clash
Father of:
King Bang Glanghao
Father of:
King Pamueng
King Khamhaeng Praram

8. The Second War
Chasing Away Khom Sabat Khlon Lampong

9. After the King was dead.
Khun Srinawnamtoom Khom Sabat Khlon Lampong

10. One of the Sons of Khun Jod and the
Son of King Sri Inthrathid
reunited to chase away the Cambodian Leader
King Bangglanghao
King Pamueng

11. Third War
The Most Memorable War of Sukhothai
The Elephat War agaist Khun Sam Chon

12. This war is very
detailed as the event
was inscribed into the
King Rama Kham
Hang the Great’s
Stone Pillar 1.

13. When I grew up as old as nineteen, Khun Sam Chon, the mayor of Chod City
(Mae Hongson Province Today) clashed into Tak City My dad clash to fight
with Khun Sam Chon to the left. Khun Sam Chon clashed to the right. Khun
Sam Chon clashed in. Clean-faced citizens, and my dad was chased away
scatteredly. I don’t get away. I rode the elephants crashingly in. I went before
my dad. I made the elephant war with Khun Sam Chon. I made the war with
Khun Sam Chon’s elephant named MardMuerng, and got the victory. Khun
Sam Chon lost, and escaped away. My dad named me Phra Rama Kham Hang
as a reward of the action that I had fought the elephant war against Khun Sam
Chon.

14. Fall of Wars
Fall of Sukhothai’s Strength that Led Colonized Lands to
Make Themselves Independent

15. This is the time, when
we were less strong
than before.
WE COULDN’T
WON THE WAR TO
GAIN THE LANDS
BACK.

16. Sukhothai Two Years after
the Reign of King Rama
Kham Heng the Great
Sukhothai Four Years after the
Reign of King Rama Kham Heng
the Great
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17. Fourth War
Rise of Ayutthaya Invading Pitsanulok

18. Ayutthaya Kingdom was founded.

19. King Dhamaracha I sent the
ambassador to ask for the won city to
be back as Sukhothai Kingdom’s
property by threatening Ayutthaya
that they are stronger, and can make
Ayutthaya be under their control by
the helps of Khom.

20. In Conclusion...
The Sukhothai Kingdom finally came
to an end after Battle of Sittaung
River in 1583. King Naresuan, crown
prince of Ayutthaya relocated all the
remaining people in Sukhothai to the
Southern Central Plain of Siam.

21. Works Cited:
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