Tarihin Burma (Myanmar) ya kai ɗaruruwan mileni zuwa kusan 200 KZ.Shaidun archaeological sun nuna cewa Homo erectus ya rayu a yankin da ake kira Burma a yanzu shekaru 750,000 da suka wuce, kuma Homo sapiens kimanin 11,000 KZ, a cikin al'adun zamanin dutse da ake kira Anathian.An sanya wa suna bayan wuraren tsakiyar busassun wuraren da aka samu mafi yawan wuraren zama na farko, lokacin Anyathian shine lokacin da aka fara shuka tsiro da dabbobi kuma kayan aikin dutse masu gogewa suka bayyana a Burma.Ko da yake waɗannan wuraren suna cikin wurare masu albarka, shaidu sun nuna cewa mutanen farko ba su san hanyoyin noma ba tukuna.^[1]Zamanin Bronze ya isa c.1500 KZ lokacin da mutanen yankin suke juya jan karfe zuwa tagulla, noman shinkafa, da kaji da alade.Zamanin ƙarfe ya zo kusan 500 KZ lokacin da ƙauyuka masu aikin ƙarfe suka fito a wani yanki kudu da Mandalay na yau.^[2] Har ila yau, shaidu sun nuna matsugunan noman shinkafa na manyan ƙauyuka da ƙananan garuruwa waɗanda ke yin ciniki da kewayensu har zuwaChina tsakanin 500 KZ zuwa 200 CE.^[3] Akwatunan gawa da aka yi wa ado da tagulla da wuraren binnewa da ke cike da ragowar kayan liyafa na liyafa da sha suna ba da haske kan salon rayuwar al'ummarsu masu wadata.^[2]Shaidar ciniki tana nuna ci gaba da ƙaura a cikin zamanin kafin tarihi ko da yake farkon shaidar ƙaura mai yawa kawai tana nuni ne ga c.200 KZ lokacin da mutanen Pyu, farkon mazaunan Burma waɗanda bayanansu ba su wanzu ba, ^[4] suka fara ƙaura zuwa kwarin Irrawaddy na sama daga Yunnan na yau.^[5] Pyu ya ci gaba da samun matsuguni a ko'ina cikin yankin filayen da suka ta'allaka kan haduwar kogin Irrawaddy da Chindwin wadanda aka zauna tun a Paleolithic.^[6] Ƙungiyoyi daban-daban kamar su Mon, Arakanese da Mranma (Burmans) sun bi Pyu a cikin ƙarni na farko AZ.A zamanin Maguzawa, rubuce-rubucen sun nuna Thets, Kadus, Sgaws, Kanyans, Palaungs, Was da Shans suma sun zauna kwarin Irrawaddy da yankunanta.^[7]