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Some of the thousands of spires of temples in the Bagan area

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Bagan, majestic site of Myanmar, where you can make your pick of thousands of old temples dotting the landscape as far as the eye can see.
In the 11th century, kings of Bagar started building temples, and continued to do so for more than 200 years, until Bagan was overrun by the Mongol hordes of Kublai Khan. The area had been populated much before, but the heyday of Bagan lies between the 11th and early 13th century. It is not completely clear what happened afterwards, but probably rivalry between various ethnic groups led to the Bagan area being abandoned, after which Bagan became an area better avoided for centuries. No matter how impressive Bagan is now, in its heyday, it must have been even much more grand, as most buildings and palaces of the time were built of wood and therefore did not survive.
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