Khmer Empire By Matthew Maiolo

By mattymaiolo18
  • 1700 BCE

    Event 15

    End of the Khmer Empire
  • 1700 BCE

    Event 14

    Vietnamese armies repeatedly attack Khmer forces in Mekong River delta and defeat the Khmer. The approximate modern boarders of Cambodia are determined
  • 1593 BCE

    Event 13

    Siamese (Thai) king attacks and defeats Khmer king
  • 1440 BCE

    Event 12

    Khmer rulers relocate the capital on Phnom Penh
  • 1432 BCE

    Event 11

    Khmers abandon Angkor. Over subsequent centuries, the jungle grows around and over Angkor and its location is forgotten
  • 1431 BCE

    Event 10

    Thai army attacks Angkor
  • 1300 BCE

    Event 9

    Buddhism grows in importance and again becomes the main religion of the Khmer kings
  • 1243 BCE

    Event 8

    Rule of Jayavarman VIII. He renounces Buddhism and orders that Buddhist temples and images be destroyed and Hinduism become the main Religion
  • 1181 BCE

    Event 7

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

    Event 6

    Cham Kingdom invades much of Khmer Empire's eastern territory
  • 834 BCE

    Event 5

    Khmer Empire expands and Angkor Wat is built. Buddhism becomes important
  • 770 BCE

    Event 4

    Jayavarman II unifies smaller states to create one large empire. The capital is in the Angkor region of Cambodia
  • 550 BCE

    Event 3

    State of Chenla replaces Funan as the dominant Kingdom
  • 500 BCE

    Event 1

    Start of the Khmer Empire
  • 500

    Event 2

    Funan rises and falls. This was the first known kingdom in the Lower Mekong River Region.