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11,000 BCE
Hunter Gatherer
Evidence of Hunter Gatherer people -
9000 BCE
Human Settlements
Evidence of human settlements, in the form of the remains of ceramic pots -
3000 BCE
Rice Fields
Evidence of large earthworks and rice being cultivated -
500 BCE
Iron tools
Evidence to show that there was iron used to make tools -
400 BCE
Trade relations
There has been evidence shown of well developed trade relations between India and the Khmer Empire. -
Period: 1 CE to 550
Kingdom in the lower Mekong river
The kingdom in the Lower Mekong (Funan) river rises and falls -
Period: 550 to Jan 1, 700
The state of Chenla
The state of Chenla replaces Funan as the dominant kingdom of Khmer -
Period: Jan 1, 770 to Jan 1, 834
Jayavarman II
King Jayavarman II unifies the smaller states to create one immense empire. -
Jan 1, 802
Jayavarman II
Jayavarman is crowned the devaraja (god-king) -
Period: Jan 1, 834 to Jan 1, 1145
Angkor Wat
The Khmer Empire expands and Angkor Wat is built -
Jan 1, 850
The death of a king
King Jayavarman II dies -
Jan 1, 877
Succession
King Indravarman succeeds King Jayavarman III -
Jan 1, 961
Construction of the first temple
The construction of Angkor Wat commences -
Jan 1, 1113
A great temple is completed
Angkor Wat is finally completed -
Period: Jan 1, 1177 to Jan 1, 1178
Cham Kingdom
Cham kingdom invades much of Khmer empire's eastern territory -
Period: Jan 1, 1181 to Nov 1, 1219
Defeat of the Chams
Jayavarman VII defeats the Chams and exands the Khmer empire to its furtherest limits -
Period: Jan 1, 1189 to Jan 1, 1219
The Bayon
The last temple built buy the Great Khmer Empire -
Jan 1, 1219
The death of a king
King Jayavarman VII dies -
Period: Jan 1, 1243 to Jan 1, 1298
Rule of Jayavarman VIII
Jayavarman VIII renounces Buddhism and destroys many images. He orders Hinduism to be the dominant religion -
Jan 1, 1300
Buddhism
Buddhism grows in importance again and becomes the main religion amongst the Khmer Kings -
Jan 1, 1431
Attack
The Thai army attacks Angkor -
Jan 1, 1432
Abandonment
The last Khmer king to use Angkor as a capital abandoned it -
Period: Jan 1, 1440 to Jan 1, 1149
Relocation
Khmer rulers move the capital city to Phnom Penh -
Defeat of a king
Siamese king attacks and defeats Khmer king -
The fall of an empire
The Khmer empire finally falls at the hands of the Thais, Cambodia becomes a vassal state of the Thais. They loot the temples, taking many things including Buddha images and gold. -
Period: to
The Fall of Khmer
Repeated attacks by the Vietnamese armies eventually cause the Great Khmer empire to fall
