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ID: 901001516
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001516
Record Type: Event/Narrative

Anglo-Burmese Wars (Myanma-British history, 1824-1885)

Note: Series of three conflicts that forced Burma to accept British power over the region, including the Bay of Bengal.

Display Date: 1824–26, 1852, 1885

Names:
Anglo-Burmese Wars (Myanma-British history, 1824-1885) (preferred,English-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:
Named Events (P)
....<Asian history> (P)
........Myanmar history (P)
............Anglo-Burmese Wars (Myanma-British history, 1824-1885) (P)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... wars
.....(armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
actor is .... Myanma
.....(Asia) (TGN)
actor is .... United Kingdom
.....(Europe) (TGN)

Sources:
Anglo-Burmese Wars (Myanma-British history, 1824-1885)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 6 October 2016
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 6 October 2016
................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Burmese_War#/media/File:Through_pathless_forests_and_fever_-_laden_Jungles.gif

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