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History on Khmer Empire

  • The end of the Khmer Empire
    1593 BCE

    The end of the Khmer Empire

    Siamese armies attack and defeats the Khmer Empire.
  • Phnom Penh has been found
    1440 BCE

    Phnom Penh has been found

    The Khmer Empire relocates and finds Phnom Penh.
  • Angkor is abandon
    1432 BCE

    Angkor is abandon

    Khmer Empire abandons Angkor and Angkor's location is forgotten.
  • Buddhism makes a comeback.
    1300 BCE

    Buddhism makes a comeback.

    Buddhism grows back to importance and becomes the main religion again.
  • Hinduism becomes the main religion
    1243 BCE

    Hinduism becomes the main religion

    Jayavarman VIII renounces Buddhism and destroys it's temples and images and makes Hinduism its main religion.
  • The Chams defeat
    1181 BCE

    The Chams defeat

    Jayavarman II defeats the Cham kingdom and further extents the Khmer Empire.
  • The Cham kingdom
    1177 BCE

    The Cham kingdom

    The Cham kingdom invades most of the Khmer Empire's eastern territory.
  • Angkor Wat
    834 BCE

    Angkor Wat

    After the Khmer Empire starts expanding they start building Angkor Wat.
  • One large empire
    770 BCE

    One large empire

    Jayavarman II joins smaller states to unify as one large empire.
  • The first known kingdom
    550 BCE

    The first known kingdom

    The first known kingdom of the Khmer Empire in the Mekong River region, rises and falls.
  • Period: 500 BCE to 1700 BCE

    Khmer Empire

    The Khmer Empire rein lasted for 1200 years making a lot of historical events.