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This is the time when King Suryavarman 1st expands the Khmer empire to its greatest extent ranging from Laos, Thailand and southern Vietnam.
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The Khmer Empire was divided because there were several contenders for the throne. There were many wars between the Chams, Ankor and the Birmins.
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Angkor Wat was the first Hindu, Buddhist temple complex in Cambodia and the largest religious monument in the world. The temple was built by the Khmer King Suryavarman in the early 12th century
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Reign of King Suryavarman II, builder of Angkor Wat and Beng Mealea. He extended Khmer influence to Malaya, Burma and Siam (Thailand) and distinguished himself religiously from former kings through his devotion to the Hindu deity Vishnu (to whom Angkor .
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The Chams of southern Vietnam, long annexed by the Khmer empire, rise up and sack Angkor, burning the wooden city and plundering its wealth
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Reign of King Jayavarman VII, who defeated the Chams and builds Angkor Thom, Preah Khan and Ta Prohm. Upon his death, the empire begins to decline.
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End of Khmer empire. Angkor abandoned to the jungle. Buddhist monks care for it over the following centuries.
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khmer beginsKing Jayavarman II The empire began when King Jayavarman declared himself as the chakravartin
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Preah Ko The Preah Ko was the first temple to be built in the ancient and now defunct city of Hariharalaya. Address: Prasat Bakong, Cambodia.King Indravarman 1
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King Indravarman I
was a ruler of Khmer Empire who reigned from Hariharalaya between 877/78 and 889/890 AD. He was the builder of the first Angkor reservoir, Preah Ko and Bakong -
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