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A Khmer Empire is a Cambodia that ...
- See: Mainland Southeast Asia, Ayutthaya Kingdom, Devaraja, Siege of Angkor, Angkor Wat, International Studies Quarterly, Mahendraparvata, Hariharalaya, Koh Ker, Yasodharapura, Angkor, Old Khmer.
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2022
- (Wikipedia, 2022) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Empire Retrieved:2022-1-16.
- The Khmer Empire, or the Angkorian Empire, are the terms that historians use to refer to Cambodia from the 9th century to the 15th century when the nation was a Hindu/Buddhist empire in Southeast Asia. The empire grew out of the former civilizations of Funan and Chenla, at times ruled over and/or vassalised most of mainland Southeast Asia [1] and parts of Southern China, stretching from the tip of the Indochinese Peninsula northward to modern Yunnan province, China, and from Vietnam westward to Myanmar. At its peak, the Khmer Empire was larger than the Byzantine Empire(Eastern Roman Empire) which existed around the same time. [2] Perhaps its most notable legacy is the site of Angkor, in present-day Cambodia, the Khmer capital during the empire's zenith. The majestic monuments of Angkor, such as Angkor Wat and Bayon, bear testimony to the Khmer Empire's immense power and wealth, impressive art and culture, architectural technique, aesthetics achievements, and the variety of belief systems that it patronised over time. Satellite imaging has revealed that Angkor, during its peak in the 11th to 13th centuries, was the largest pre-industrial urban centre in the world.
The beginning of the era of the Khmer Empire is conventionally dated to 802, when King Jayavarman II declared himself chakravartin ("universal ruler", title equivalent to "emperor") on Phnom Kulen. The empire ended with the Siege of Angkor by the Siamese Ayutthaya Kingdom in 1431.
- The Khmer Empire, or the Angkorian Empire, are the terms that historians use to refer to Cambodia from the 9th century to the 15th century when the nation was a Hindu/Buddhist empire in Southeast Asia. The empire grew out of the former civilizations of Funan and Chenla, at times ruled over and/or vassalised most of mainland Southeast Asia [1] and parts of Southern China, stretching from the tip of the Indochinese Peninsula northward to modern Yunnan province, China, and from Vietnam westward to Myanmar. At its peak, the Khmer Empire was larger than the Byzantine Empire(Eastern Roman Empire) which existed around the same time. [2] Perhaps its most notable legacy is the site of Angkor, in present-day Cambodia, the Khmer capital during the empire's zenith. The majestic monuments of Angkor, such as Angkor Wat and Bayon, bear testimony to the Khmer Empire's immense power and wealth, impressive art and culture, architectural technique, aesthetics achievements, and the variety of belief systems that it patronised over time. Satellite imaging has revealed that Angkor, during its peak in the 11th to 13th centuries, was the largest pre-industrial urban centre in the world.
- ↑ Infoplease
- ↑ Galloway, M. (2021, May 31). How Did Hydro-Engineering Help Build The Khmer Empire? The Collector. Retrieved November 12, 2021, from https://www.thecollector.com/khmer-empire-hydro-engineering/