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Jayavarman II is enthroned as a God King (devaraja). He also starts the empire.
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Khmer empire expands and Angkor Wat is built.
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The Cham Kingdom invades and takes over much of the Khmer empire's eastern territory. This takes place for over a year.
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Jayavarman VII defeats the Chams and expands the empire. Taking over what we now call Laos, Thailand and Burma.
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Jayavarman VII renounces Buddhism and orders Buddhist temples to be destroyed so that HInduism will be the main religion. This goes on for about half a century.
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Buddhism makes a come back and becomes the new main religion of the Khmer kings.
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The Khmers abbandon Angkor Wat because thejungles were getting too thick and they were proving to be difficult. Angkor is then lost because the jungles grow wild and surround it resulting in the loss of the location of the place.
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After losing the location of Angkor Wat, the Khmer empire must relocate to Phnom Penh.
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Siamese (Thai) king attacks and defeats Khmer King.
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Vietnamese armies harass the Khmer empire in the Mekong River and defeat the Khmer. The defeat is what determined the approximate modern borders of Cambodia.