Khmer Empire

Connecting small states

Period: Nov 23, 770 to Nov 23, 834

Jayavarman II connects smaller states to create one large empire

Devaraja

Nov 23, 802

Jayavarman II declares himself a devaraja (God-king)

Angkor Wat and buddhism

Period: Nov 23, 834 to Nov 23, 1145

Khmer Empire expands and Angkor Wat is built. Buddhism also comes more popular and more important

Expanding the empire

Period: Nov 23, 1181 to Nov 23, 1219

Jayavarman VII defeats the Chams. He expands the empire to most of modern day Laos, Thailand and Burma

Religion

Period: Nov 23, 1243 to Nov 23, 1298

Jayavarman VII renounces buddhism and orders for buddhist temples to be destroyed. He also orders for hinduism to become the main religion

Buddhism

Nov 23, 1300

Buddhism grows again and becomes the main religion of the Khmer kings

Thai Army

Nov 23, 1431

Thai army attacks Angkor

Angkor abandoned

Nov 23, 1432

Khmer people abandon Angkor and the location is forgotten due to the jungle that grows around and over Angkor

Capital of Khmer

Nov 23, 1440

Khmer rulers relocate the capital to Phnom Penh

Thai defeats Khmer king

Nov 23, 1593

Thai king attacks and defeats the Khmer king

Modern day borders formed

Nov 23, 1700

Vietnamese armies repeatedly attack the Khmer forces in the Mekong river delta and defeats Khmer. The approximate modern day borders of Cambodia are now formed