The United Kingdom of Lao-Cham was established after the marriage of Prince Photisarath II of Lao and Princess Trieu Nih of Champa and the death of their respective parents. The new Kingdom was the joining of the two Kingdoms of Champa and the Lao Kingdom. Both of these areas were established after the Blossoming of the Southeast Asian Peninsula in 907 (154 AD) which led to the Lao, Khmer, Thai, and Cham ethnicities declare their independence from the Srivijaya Empire. The Lao were a small Kingdom but they wanted to established themselves on the political stage of Asia. They were a people ready for war and the Srivijaya supporters who resided in the area that became the Lao Kingdom suffered some of the most brutal punishments. The Lao had only one major port, in Thang Long (Hanoi). and it