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Khmer Empire

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  • 500

    First evidence that the Khmer people existed

    The Khmers traded with the Indians
  • Period: Jan 1, 770 to

    Jayavarman II unifies smaller states to create one large empire in Cambodia

  • Jan 1, 1178

    Cham Kingdom invades eastern territory of Khmer Empire

  • Period: Jan 1, 1181 to Jan 1, 1219

    Jayavarman II defeats Chams and expands the empire to its limit

  • Period: Jan 1, 1243 to Jan 1, 1298

    Rule of Jayavarman II

    Orders Buudhist temples and images be destroyed
  • Jan 1, 1431

    Thais attack Angkor

  • Jan 1, 1432

    Angkor is abandoned and location is forgotten

  • Viets repeatedly attack the empire

  • Jayavarman II crowned God-King

  • Buddhism becomes a very important religion

  • Death of Jayavarman II

  • Period: to Jan 1, 1145

    Khmer empire expands and Angkor Wat is built

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