Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Al'adun farko a yankin sun haɗa da masu magana da harshen Tibeto-Burman Pyu a Upper Myanmar da kuma masarautar Mon a Lower Myanmar. A cikin 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 kasar. Masarautar Pagan ta faɗi ga mamayewar Mongol, kuma jihohi da yawa masu yaƙi sun fito. A cikin karni na 16, daular Taungoo ta sake hadewa, kasar ta zama mafi girman daular a tarihin kudu maso gabashin Asiya na ɗan gajeren lokaci. Gidan daular Konbaung na farkon karni na 19 ya yi sarauta a yankin da ya hada da Myanmar ta zamani kuma ya ɗan sarrafa Manipur da Assam na ɗan lokaci. Kamfanin British East India Company ya karɓi ikon gudanar da mulkin Myanmar bayan yaƙe-yaƙe uku na Anglo-Burmese a ƙarni na 19, kuma ƙasar ta zama mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya. Bayan ɗan gajeren lokacin da Jafananci suka mamaye, Allies sun sake cin Myanmar kuma sun ba da 'yanci a 1948. Bayan wani
Juyin mulki a 1962, ya zama mulkin soja a karkashin Jam'iyyar Socialist Programme Party.