CHIANG MAI, Thailand -- It was the Golden Age of the Kingdom of Arakan. The capital of this 17th-century state was described by one visiting poet as a "matchless place on Earth" where merchants from far away traded in riches, while its kings erected soaring temples and its Buddhist and Muslim inhabitants supposedly lived in peace.
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History haunts Myanmar's 'triangle of death'
Buddhists, Muslims, central government in three-way struggle in Rakhine state
Sunrise in Mrauk U, an ancient town in the western Myanmar state of Rakhine. In recent years, the state has been wracked by fighting between Rakhine Buddhists and Myanmar's military regime, with the Rohingya Muslims trapped in the middle. © Reuters
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