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The 15th to 17th centuries represented a time of foreign influence, when expansionist Siam and Vietnam fought over Cambodia
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The millennium old temple ruins of the Angkorian Khmer Empire are designated a world heritage site by UNESCO
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Throughout the 1950s and ' 60s Cambodia was selfsufficient and prospered in many areas
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Throughout the 1980's Cambodia began to rebuild with the assistance of Vietnamese military and political advisers whilst under Vietnamese political protection.
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A constitution was adopted in 1993, the same year King Norodom Sihanouk returned to the throne
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In 1989 the Vietnamese withdrew the last of their troops and the government renamed the country State of Cambodia
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Cambodia has four seasons.1. November to February, cool and dry.
2. March to May, hot and dry
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Buddhism The predominant religion in Cambodia is Buddhism
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Cambodia's current king, Norodom Sihanouk. He was 18. In 1945, the Japanese briefly ousted the French. Encouraged, King Sihanouk
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Cambodia today enjoys a parliamentary system with one prime minister
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There are two dynastic families within the Cambodia Royal Family the Norodoms and the Sisowaths
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Among the main features of the postAngkorean era, besides the movement of the capital, was a widespread conversion to Theravada Buddhism, illustrated on temple carvings, where Buddhist features gradually replaced Hindu features
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For 600 years powerful Khmer kings dominate much of presentday Southeast Asia, from the borders of Myanmar east to the South China Sea and north to Laos. It was during this period that Khmer kings built the most extensive concentration of religious temples in the worldthe Angkor temple complex
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The country is politically stable and a safe place to visit to enjoy the wonderful Khmer people and the beautiful Cambodian attractions.
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Today Cambodia is still a poor country but there is reason to be optimistic about its future