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• The Funan kingdom is a collection of town-states in the first centuries CE.
• Oc Eo is an important trading centre on the trade routes between India and China.
• Large canals join the towns, indicating that the kingdom was technologically advanced and organised.
• Civil wars in the 6th century destabilise the kingdom.
• Another kingdom, which the Chinese call Chenla, absorbs Funan. -
The Medieval period spanned 1 000 years of European history following the collapse of the Roman Empire. During this time, powerful political (feudal system) and religious (Catholic Church) institutions came to dominate the lives of ordinary people.
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• In 790 there are a number of small kingdoms along the Mekong and around the Tonle Sap.
• These are vassal kingdoms under the control of a Javanese ruler.
• In 802, Jayavarman II moves his capital to the site near Angkor.
• He declares independence and himself a universal monarch, or ‘god king’.
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The Medieval period spanned 1 000 years of European history following the collapse of the Roman Empire. During this time, powerful political (feudal system) and religious (Catholic Church) institutions came to dominate the lives of ordinary people.
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Shogunate Japan spanned approximately 900 years of Japanese history. During this time, the shoguns progressively imposed a highly rigid feudal system on Japanese society and cut the country off from the rest of the world, banning trade and travel on penalty of death.
