Lan Xang , also Lan Chang , Laotian kingdom that flourished from the 14th century until in the 18th century divided into two separate kingdoms, Vien Chang and Luang Prabang . The conflict with its neighbors in Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand (Siamese) forced the rulers of the kingdom to move the capital from Luang Prabang to Vientiane (1563) to embarrassed but the kingdom retained its power and was at the height of its glory when the Dutch merchant Gerrit van Wusthof visited Vientiane in 1641.
Read more about this topic Laos:Lan Xang Recorded Lao history begins with Fa Ngum, the ruler who created the first Lao state, Lan Xang ("Kingdom of ...