Khmer Empire

By cincojw15
  • Vietnamese attacks Khmer
    1700 BCE

    Vietnamese attacks Khmer

    Vietnamese attacks Khmer, forces in mekong river delta and defeat the khmer. The approximate modern borders of cambodia are determined.
  • Thai king attacks and defeats Khmer king.
    1593 BCE

    Thai king attacks and defeats Khmer king.

    The thai kings invade in the khmer
    kings temple and ends up defeating the king.
  • Period: 1432 BCE to 1440 BCE

    Khmers abandoned Angkor.

    The khmers Abandoned Angkor for a couple of centuries, getting covered in vines and the location being forgotten.
  • 1400 BCE

    Thai army attacks Angkor.

    Thai armies attacked Angkor and a year later the city was deserted by the khmers, the temple remained isolated for years.
  • Buddhism has rebirthed and the importance starts to grow.
    1300 BCE

    Buddhism has rebirthed and the importance starts to grow.

    The most significant Buddhist king Jayavarman VII worked tirelessly to establish as a state religion of Angkor Wat.
  • Period: 1243 BCE to 1298 BCE

    Jayavarman VII demands that any other religion besides Hinduism gets destroyed.

    Jayavarman VII announces that all buddhism and buddhist temples are extracted, making hinduism the main and dominant religion
  • Period: 1182 BCE to 1929 BCE

    Jayavarman VII defeated the chams.

    Jayavarman VII eliminates the chams and expands the empire to the furthest extent.
  • Cham kingdom invades Khmer Empire’s eastern territory
    1177 BCE

    Cham kingdom invades Khmer Empire’s eastern territory

    Jayavarman VII expelled the chams who took Angkor, then invaded there Champa. Which is there kingdom.
  • Period: 834 BCE to 1145 BCE

    Angkor Wat is built and Religion is becoming more important.

    The Khmer Empire is expanded and Angkor Wat is built. Buddhism starts to become more important and is focused on more.
  • Jayavarman II was inherited as a devaraja (God-King)
    802 BCE

    Jayavarman II was inherited as a devaraja (God-King)

    Jayavarman II became the first leader of the Khmer empire, which soon came to be Angkor Wat.