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Funan and Chenla are the earliest known mainland South-East Asian kingdoms that rose and fell during the first 700 years CE. The kingdom of Funan was made through the meeting of a young Indian man and a Khmer Queen.
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The Khmers are one of the earliest known peoples of South-East Asia, living in middle and lower valleys of the Mekong river. They are believed to come from migrants moving from the high river valleys of Tibet and southern China.
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King Jayavarman VII expanded the Khmer empire to its greatest limits. He went to war with the Cham, which Is now central Vietnam and a series of wars with the Thais to reduce their territories and expand his Empire
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The expansion of the empire under King Jayavarman VII was very costly, too costly. By 1200 CE, these costs were too much for the people and the empire. The result was that the empire went broke and its power started to decline.
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After King Jayavarman VII died, the Cham kingdom and the Thais both launched a series of wars against the Khmer Empire. Both succeeded and redeemed back territory from the empire.
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The Angkor was abandoned and the capital was moved to Phnom Penh in 1440 CE
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The Khmer was defeated by the Thais and Cambodia became a vassal state of the Thais. The Thais looted everything owned by the empire and brought all the things back to the Thai capital at Ayuthaya
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When King Jayavarman II came to power, he strengthened the power of the Khmer monarchy by declaring his self a devaraja, or god-king.
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Angkor Wat is a very large Temple built by Suryavarman II. The Angkor Wat is a temple and it was built in the largest city in the world until the industrial revolution.
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Jayavarman II was recognised as the founder of the Khmer Empire. He expanded the empire by establishing two new cities, Mount Kulen and Hariharalaya
