16. Bagan - City Of Temples
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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The Burmese Language and Its Origins
In everyday speech, people most commonly use the name Bama to describe the country and its people. The grander and more poetic name is Myanmar - both of these names have been used alongside each other for centuries. When the country became a British colony, the colonial government used the informal name Burma. But in 1989, the military dictatorship that then ruled the country changed the name officially to the grander name of Myanmar.
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