Khmer Empire

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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
  • BUDDHISM
    Nov 26, 1300

    BUDDHISM

    BUDDHISM GROWS IN IMPORTANCE AND BECOMES THE MAIN RELIGION OF THE KHMER KINGS
  • THAI ARMY
    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
  • PHNOM PENH
    Nov 26, 1440

    PHNOM PENH

    KHMER RULERS RELOCATE THE CAPITAL OF PHNOM PENH
  • THAI ATTACKS AGAIN

    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

    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.