[DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about ASIA - StudyStack [PAR] THIS ASIAN CITY IS THE ONLY WORLD CAPITAL WHOSE NAME IN ENGLISH 
... FOR ITS CANALS HAS BEEN CALLED "THE VENICE OF THE EAST", 
BANGKOK .... EXCEPT FOR THAILAND, ALL INDEPENDENT STATES IN THIS 
AREA ... IN THE MID 1800S KING MONGKUT MODERNIZED THIS CAPITAL 
KNOWN AS... [DOC] [TLE] Venice of the East - Bangkok Journal - mySanAntonio.com [PAR] Aug 18, 2012 ... Venice of the East ... Unlike most large cities, Bangkok does not possess a true 
city center, nor ... diplomats and traders to begin regularly visiting the city in the 
early 1800's. ... This all began to change with King Mongkut, Rama IV. ... 
restaurant called Sunrise Tacos sported a margarita machine and a Thai... [DOC] [TLE] Thailand - The Worldly Kingdom - Khamkoo [PAR] 1800s the meaning of civilization had shifted to denote the ensem- ble of ordered 
.... capital: Krungthep ('City of the Gods'), known internationally as. Bangkok.11 In 
the ... ter of the century, encompassing the reign of King Mongkut (Rama. IV, 
185168) ..... Venice of the East' is revealing of the mentality of European 
travellers,. [DOC] [TLE] A History of Thailand-Chris Baker, Pasuk Phongpaichit-Cambridge ... [PAR] city the name of the Bangkok dynasty; adapted from. King Rama I's former title as 
a ..... the lower Chao Phraya basin was known as Mueang Thai, the Thai country. 
...... in Bangkok, King Mongkut asked its captain point-blank whether Prussia ...... 
But where was the Bangkok I had read of  that Venice of the East delighting the [DOC] [TLE] A History of Southeast Asia - Arthur Cotterell - Scribd [PAR] From there xxi Toungoo kings reunited the country, destroyed the rival Thai 
kingdom of ... Aware of the threat posed to stability by a modernized and 
aggressive Japan, ..... early burma 11 we know that Hindu deities received 
worship in the city. ...... A History of Southeast Asia A Dutch map of Ayudhya, the 
Venice of the East... [DOC] [TLE] best serve a tourist in Thailand: December 2008 [PAR] Dec 2, 2008 ... The city has since vastly modernized and undergone numerous ... and utility 
infrastructure in the reigns of King Mongkut and King Chulalongkorn, ..... canals 
known as khlongs gave Bangkok the nickname "Venice of the East" at a ...... 
Thailand had a long succession of very able rulers in the 1800s and that it... [DOC] [TLE] F. C. Gundlach - Hongkong, 1961. S) * 1500 free paper dolls and ... [PAR] it is so modernized today it is unrecognizeable ... Aberdeen, city of junks and 
sampans by F.C.Gundlach, Hong Kong 1961 .... It is known for a system of canals
, it has been given the nickname \"Venice of the East\". ...... 640Buscar por 
imagen Thomson, King Mongkut of Siam   - Buscar con Google ... 
China, 1800s. [DOC] [TLE] area handbook series Thailand a country study Thailand a country ... [PAR] Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Thailand: A Country Study 
..... The Chakkri kings of the early twentieth century and their close advisers were 
... he was known) and his colleagues in government enabled the Thai to avoid 
the ..... In 1569 Burmese forces, joined by Thai rebels, captured the city of 
Ayutthaya... [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "Thailand : a country study" - Internet Archive [PAR] Under Mongkut's son and successor, Chulalongkorn (Rama V, 1868-1910), 
major reforms ..... Thailand (then known as Siam) paid a high price for its 
independence, .... he called Ayutthaya, after Ayodhya in northern India, the city of 
10 Historical ...... Most of the canals in the "Venice of the East" had been replaced 
with roads;... [DOC] [TLE] 2Bangkok.com | Almost Like Being There | Page 449 [PAR] Correspondence between King Mongkut and Abraham Lincoln ... Maintenance 
Center area is in the center of the city (map). The entire ...... The project was 
initially called the Bangkok Elevated Road and Train System. ...... This does not 
sound likely: A new "Venice of the East" will

Question: Known as the "Venice of the East", this Thai city was modernized by King Mongkut in the 1800s
Answer: Bangkok