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A civil war was being fought in Cambodia. 1970 marks the year Marshal Lon Col deposed of Prince Sihanouk as head of state.
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The Khmer Republic controlled about 85% of Cambodia.
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Civil war ended, with the rise of the Khmer Rouge rule
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Over the course of 1975 all Cambodian city dwellers were forcibly evacuated from the cities to begin an agricultral lifestyle. Many people died during these evacuations
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Over the course of the next three years hundreds of thousands of the educated middle classes are tortued and executed. An estimated 1.7 million Cambodian lives were lost.
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Cambodia is renamed Democratic Kampuchea
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Fighting breaks out with Vietnam
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The Vietnamese forces take Phnom Penh and the rule of the Khmer Rouge comes to an end after 3 and a half years