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Period: 100 to 550
FIRST KNOWN KINGDOM
FIRST KNOWN KINGDOM IN THE LOWER MEKONG RIVER REGION, FUNAN, RISES AND FALLS -
500
TRADING
EVIDENCE OF TRADE BETWEEN THE KHMER AND THE INDIANS -
Period: 550 to Nov 22, 700
CHENLA
STATE OF CHENLA REPLACES FUNAN AS THE DOMINANT KINGDOM -
Period: Nov 24, 770 to
JAYARVARMAN II
jAYAvARMAN UNIFIES SMALLER STATES TO CREATE ONE LARGE EMPIRE. THE CAPITAL IS IN THE ANKOR REGION OF CAMBODIA -
Period: Nov 24, 1177 to Nov 24, 1178
THE INVASION
CHAM KINGDOM INVADES MICH OF KHMER EMPIRE'S EASTERN TERRITORY -
Period: Nov 24, 1181 to Nov 24, 1219
JAYAVARMAN VII
JAYAVARMAN VII DEFEATS THE CHAMS AND EXPANDS THE EMPIRE TO THE FURTHEST EXTENT TO INCORPORATE MUCH OF PRESENT-DAY LOAS, THAILAND AND BURMA -
Period: Nov 24, 1243 to Nov 24, 1298
JAYAVARMAN VIII
RULE OF JAYAVARMAN VIII. HE RENOUNCE BUDDHISM AND ORDERS THAT BUDDHIST TEMPLES AND IMAGES BE DESTROYED AND HINDUISM BECOMES THE MAIN RELIGION -
Nov 26, 1300
BUDDHISM
BUDDHISM GROWS IN IMPORTANCE AND BECOMES THE MAIN RELIGION OF THE KHMER KINGS -
Nov 26, 1431
THAI ARMY
THAI ARMY ATTACKS ANGKOR -
Nov 26, 1432
KHMER ABANDONS ANGKOR
KHMER ABANDONS ANGKOR. OVER SUBSEQUENT CENTURIES, THE JUNGLE GROWS AROUND AND OVER ANGKOR AND ITS LOCATION IS FORGOTTEN -
Nov 26, 1440
PHNOM PENH
KHMER RULERS RELOCATE THE CAPITAL OF PHNOM PENH -
THAI ATTACKS AGAIN
SIAMESE (THAI) KING ATTACKS AND DEFEATS KHMER KING -
VIETNAMESE ARMIES
VIETNAMESE ARMIES REPEATEDLY ATTACK KHMER FORCES IN MEKONG RIVER DELTA AND DEFEAT THE KHMER. THE APPROXIMATE MODERN BORDERS OF CAMBODIA ARE DETERMINED. -
JAYAVARMAN II
JAYAVARMAN II ENTHRONED AS A DEVARAJA (GOD KING) -
Period: to Nov 24, 1145
ANKOR WAT
KHMER EMPIRE EXPANDS AND ANKOR WAT IS BUILT. BUDDHISM BECOMES IMPORTANT.
