Tributary network · approximate1353 – 1707 · 354 years

Lan Xang Kingdom

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
Keywords: wars, military history, conflicts, empires, historical atlas, casualties

Overview

Lan Xang, also spelled Lan Sang, was a Lao kingdom that held the area of present-day Laos from 1353 to 1707. For three and a half centuries, Lan Xang was one of the largest kingdoms in Southeast Asia. The kingdom is the basis for Laos's national historic and cultural identity.

Wikipedia: Lan Xang·CC BY-SA 4.0

Borders & accuracy

Tributary network

A paramount-chiefdom-style polity with tributary peripheries; exact extent is contested.

SOURCEreconstructed from Natural Earth country boundaries
DETAILreconstructed-clipped-country
SNAPSHOT1700
POLITY TYPEtributary

Wars of this empire4

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.

Burmese–Siamese wars1547–1855
Major conflict · 1.0M dead
Burmese–Lao War (1558–1563)1558–63
Significant
Lao-Siamese Wars1353–1700
Regional · 200K dead
Battle of Vientiane1574
Regional

Open in the atlas →Seeks the timeline to 1353 and fits the map to these borders.

Cite as: Lan Xang Kingdom (1353 – 1707). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/e/asia-lan-xang-kingdom · Sources & methodology