Kammala wannan jumla: Cibiyoyin farko a Myanmar sun haɗa da masu magana da harshen Tibeto-Burman Pyu a Upper Burma da kuma masarautar Mon a Lower Burma. A karni na 9, mutanen Bamar sun shiga cikin kwarin Irrawaddy na sama kuma, bayan kafa Masarautar Pagan a cikin 1050s, yaren Burma, al'adu da addinin Buddha na Theravada sannu a hankali suka zama masu rinjaye a cikin ƙasar. Masarautar Pagan ta faɗi saboda mamayewar Mongol kuma jihohi da yawa masu yaƙi sun fito. A cikin karni na 16, Daular Taungoo ta sake haɗuwa, ƙasar ta kasance a ɗan gajeren lokaci mafi girman daular a tarihin Babban yankin kudu maso gabashin Asiya. A farkon karni na 19 Daular Konbaung ta yi sarauta a yankin da ya hada da Myanmar ta zamani kuma ta ɗan sarrafa Manipur da Assam. Biritaniya ta karɓi ikon gudanar da Myanmar bayan yaƙe-yaƙe uku na Anglo-Burmese a ƙarni na 19 kuma ƙasar ta zama mulkin mallaka na Biritaniya. An ba Myanmar 'yancin kai a 1948, a matsayin ƙasa mai dimokiradiyya. Bayan wani
juyin mulki a 1962, ya zama mulkin kama karya na soja.