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There was evidence of very well-developed trade relations between the Khmer people and India about 500 CE. One of the best examples of the influence of the Hindu and Buddhist religions during the period of the Khmer Empire
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state of Chenla replaces Funan as the dominate kingdom
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Jayavarman II unifies smaller states to create one large empire. The capital is in the Angkor region of Cambodia
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Jayavarman II enthroned as a devaraja (God King)
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Khmer Empire expands and Angkor Wat is built. Buddhism becomes important.
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Jayavarman VII defeats the Chams and expands the Empire to furthest extent to incorporate much of present day Laos, Thailand and Burma
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Rule of Jayavarman VIII. He renounces Buddhism and orders that Buddhism temples and images be destroyed and Hinduism become the main the main religion
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Buddhism grows in importance and again becomes the main religion of the Khmer Kings
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Thai army attacks Angkor
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Khmers abandon Angkor. Over subsequent centuries, the jungle grows around and over Angkor and its location is forgotten
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Khmer rulers relocate and the captial to Phnom Penh
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Vietnamese armies repaetedly attack Khmer froces in Mekong River delta and defeats the Khmer. The approximate morden borders of Cambodia are determined
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Cham kingdom invades much of Khmer Empire's eastern territory
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Siamese (Thai) king attacks and defeats Khmer king