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Evidence of the use of iron to make tools, and trade between he Khmer and Indian peoples.
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Jayavarman II is enthroned as a devaraja (God-King). Jayavarman II unified smaller states to create one large empire.
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The Khmer Empire expands and Angkor Wot is built. Buddhism becomes substantial and important.
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A civil war breaks out in Angkor as rival leaders compete for control of the Khmer Empire.
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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 VII. He renounces Buddhism and orders that Buddhist Temples and images be destroyed and Hinduism become 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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The Thai Army attacks Angkor and the Khmer abandons it. Over subsequent centuries, the jungle grows around and over Angkor and its location is forgotten.
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The Khmer Empire rulers re-establish and relocate the capital to Phnom Penh.
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The war began in 1591 when the Siamese (Thai) king invaded Cambodia in response to continuous Cambodian raids into their territory. The king eventually won in 1593 subjugating the Khmer Empire.
