Contents

• 1 Etymology
• 2 History
  • 2.1 Prehistory
  • 2.2 Imperial Burma
  • 2.3 British Burma
  • 2.4 Independence
  • 2.5 Military rule
  • 2.6 Reforms and transition towards democracy
  • 2.7 Civil war
• 3 Government and politics
  • 3.1 Foreign relations
    • 3.1.1 Visits by Western leaders
    • 3.1.2 Military relations
  • 3.2 Human rights
    • 3.2.1 Child soldiers
    • 3.2.2 Child/forced/slave labour, systematic sexual violence and human trafficking
    • 3.2.3 Genocide allegations and crimes against Rohingya people
      • 3.2.3.1 2012 Rakhine State riots
    • 3.2.4 Freedom of speech
    • 3.2.5 Praise for the 2011 government reforms
    • 3.2.6 2013 onwards
• 4 Economy
  • 4.1 Background
  • 4.2 Agriculture
  • 4.3 Natural resources
  • 4.4 Tourism
  • 4.5 Economic Sanctions
  • 4.6 Government stakeholders in business
  • 4.7 Economic liberalization post 2011
• 5 Demographics
  • 5.1 Largest cities
  • 5.2 Ethnic groups
  • 5.3 Language
  • 5.4 Religion
• 6 Culture
  • 6.1 Art
  • 6.2 Media
  • 6.3 Film
  • 6.4 Sport
    • 6.4.1 2013 Southeast Asian Games
• 7 Geography
  • 7.1 Administrative divisions (regions and states)
  • 7.2 Climate
  • 7.3 Wildlife
• 8 Health
• 9 Education
• 10 Internet
• 11 Units of measurement
• 12 See also
• 13 References
• 14 Bibliography
• 15 Further reading
• 16 External links