Khmer Empire assessment

  • 1593 BCE

    1593

    Siamese king attacks and defeats Khmer King
  • 1440 BCE

    1440

    Khmers rulers relocate the capital of Phnom Penh
  • 1432 BCE

    1432

    Khmers abandon Angkor.
  • 1431 BCE

    1431

    Thai army attacks Angkor
  • 1300 BCE

    1300

    buddhism grows in importance again becomes the main religion of the Khmer kings
  • 1245 BCE

    1245

    rule of Jayavarman vii defeats the Chams and expands the empire
  • 1181 BCE

    1181

    Jayavarman vii defeats the Chams and expands the empire to furthest extent to incorporate much of present-day Laos, Thailand and Burma
  • 1177 BCE

    1177

    Cham Kingdom invades much if Khmer empire's eastern territory
  • 834 BCE

    834-1145

    Khmer empire expands and Akgon Wat is built.
  • 802 BCE

    802

    Jayavarman enthroned as a devraja
  • 770 BCE

    700 ce

    Jayavarman Unifies smaller states to create one large empire. the capital is in the Ankor region
  • 500 BCE

    500 ce

    evidence of trade between the Khmer and Indian people
  • 551

    550-700

    state of Chenla replaces Funan as the dominant kingdon
  • 1593

    Siamese King attacks and defeats Khmer Kings
  • 1700

    Vietnamese armies repeatedly attack Khmer forces in Mekong River delta and defeats a Khmer