Bangkok official name is Krung Theo which means the city of Angels in Thai. Actually 400years ago Bangkok was a small peacefur village situated on the chap phraya River. the village served as a port for ship sailing up the river to Ayutthaya the old capital of Siam Bangkok was already well known to European merchants. the ship became larger and the village grew in size
and impimportance. in 1782 King Rama I moved
the capital to Bangkok. Work began on the Grand
palace and the temple of the Emerald Buddha. in the 1850a, the city was called the Venice of the East because it had many canals. Many of its inhabitants lived in floating houses and bought and sold products on board.