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Between the 9th and the 13th centuries, Bagan (also Pagan) was the capital of the Pagan Kingdom, the first kingdom that unified the regions that would later constitute modern Myanmar. According to estimates, there must have been more than 10,000
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Hue was the capital of Vietnam during the Nguyen era of the 19th and early 20th century. A complex of several monuments dating from those years has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1993. This includes the Imperial City,
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