1500 BCE - 2024
Tarihin Thailand
Kabilar Tai sun yi ƙaura zuwa cikin babban yankin kudu maso gabashin Asiya tsawon ƙarni.Wataƙila kalmar Siam ta samo asali daga Pali ko Sanskrit श्याम ko Mon ရာမည, mai yiwuwa tushen guda ɗaya da Shan da Ahom.Xianluo shine sunan kasar Sin don Masarautar Ayutthaya, wanda aka haɗe daga birnin Suphannaphum wanda ke tsakiyar Suphan Buri na zamani da birnin Lavo wanda ke tsakiyar Lop Buri na zamani.Ga Thai, yawancin sunan shine Mueang Thai.[1]Naɗin ƙasar a matsayin Siam ta Turawan Yamma wataƙila ya fito ne daga Portuguese .Litattafan tarihin Portuguese sun lura cewa Borommatrailokkanat, Sarkin Masarautar Ayutthaya, ya aika da balaguro zuwa Masarautar Malacca a iyakar kudancin tsibirin Malay a shekara ta 1455. Bayan da suka ci Malacca a shekara ta 1511, Portuguese sun aika da jakadan diplomasiyya zuwa Ayutthaya.Ƙarni daga baya, a ranar 15 ga Agusta, 1612, The Globe, wani ɗan kasuwa na Kamfanin Gabashin Indiya ɗauke da wasiƙa daga Sarki James I, ya isa "Hanyar Syam".[2] "A ƙarshen karni na 19th, Siam ya zama mai ɓoye a cikin ƙayyadaddun ƙayyadaddun yanki har an yi imani da cewa da wannan sunan kuma ba wani da zai ci gaba da saninsa da kuma salo."[3]MasarautarIndiyawa irin su Mon, daular Khmer da Jihohin Malay na yankin Malay Peninsula da Sumatra sun mallaki yankin.Thaiwan sun kafa jihohinsu: Ngoenyang, Masarautar Sukhothai, Masarautar Chiang Mai, Lan Na, da Masarautar Ayutthaya.Waɗannan jihohin sun yi yaƙi da juna kuma suna fuskantar barazana daga Khmers, Burma da Vietnam .A cikin karni na 19 da farkon 20, Thailand ce kawai ta tsira daga barazanar turawan mulkin mallaka a kudu maso gabashin Asiya saboda daidaita sauye-sauyen da Sarki Chulalongkorn ya yi da kuma saboda Faransa da Birtaniya sun yanke shawarar cewa za ta zama yanki mai tsaka-tsaki don kauce wa rikici tsakanin yankunansu.Bayan kawo karshen mulkin kama karya a shekara ta 1932, Thailand ta jure shekaru sittin na kusan mulkin soja na dindindin kafin a kafa gwamnati ta dimokiradiyya.