Thaton was the capital of the Thaton Kingdom, which ruled present day Lower Burma between the 9th and 11th centuries.

But some regimes are more outrageous than others, like the military mafia that rules Burma and has sought to change its spots by changing the country's name to Myanmar.

From 1937 on, the British ruled Burma as a separate colony.

He ruled Burma for 26 years.

The use of much of these symbols were cultivated during the Konbaung dynasty which ruled Burma from 1761 to 1885.

The last monarch to rule Burma was King Thibaw Min and was exiled in 1885.

For the last 17 years, a military junta has brutally ruled Burma with repression and violence, accumulating one of the worst human rights records in the world.

Mrs Suu Kyi should have become prime minister but the army, which has ruled Burma since 1962, ignored the result.

In the 15 years the regime has ruled Burma there has not been a single democratic reform.

The victims of the cyclone are being held hostage by a paranoid and murderous band of soldiers that has ruled Burma for several decades.