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Around 400 bce, Khmer and Indian people began trading. This would then go on to influence Khmer culture and religion since Hinduism and Buddhism came from the Indians.
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Around 500 bce, Khmer people started using iron to make weaponry and tools.
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Around 1200, the Empire began to fall since the empire was so big, paying all of the people including military was a big ask – at the time King Jayavarman VII was King.
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Renowned for expanding the Khmer Empire to its greatest limits.
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The Khmer King abandoned it with the capital being relocated to Phnom Penh in the 1440’s.
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After defending itself for years, Khmer finally fell with Cambodia becoming a vassal state of the Thai’s.
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All information except from photos was retrieved from my history booklet; Cambodia and Khmer Empire: pages 152-159
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Declaring himself a God King, Jayavarman rose to power.
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This happened just after the construction of his last royal palace at Hariharalaya- was recognised as playing a huge part in expanding the Khmer Empire.
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He soon moves the imperial capital to a city named after himself; Yasodharapura. He encouraged his subjects to worship and praise him.
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This was started by King Jayavarman V.
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During his reign he made many cultural and educational developments; women also began to hold important positions religiously and socially.
