Anyahtians first in Burma 11000 bce hunter/grathers stone tools veitnam china nomadic people near Ayeyarwady river grow food 5000 bce wet rice farming one place instead of moving taungthaman bronze mon people = bronze tools - lower Myanmar (ayeyarwaddy delta) early cities nyaung gan temples - brick stone 800 BCE buddhism not Theravada pyu from Tibetan plateu - upper Myanmar building temple shrines (art religion trade) 800 Ce = bamar bamar from Tibetan plateau 300 ce pagan empire - traditions new ideas Thai china india inwa ava 1364 sagaing and pinya thado minbya City of gems Hantharwaddy cap - bago rice timber gems razadirit Swa saw ke - forty year war using elephants horses battles at pyay and pegu