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Jan 1, 770
Smaller states are united into one large empire
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Jan 1, 1177
Cham Kingdom invades Khmer Empire
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Jan 1, 1181
King Jayavarman VII defeats the Chams
Expands the empire to cover most of present-day, Laos, Thailand and Burma -
Period: Jan 1, 1243 to Jan 1, 1298
Buddhism is renounced
Jayavarman VIII is king and renounces Buddhism, ordering that all icons and temples be destroyed -
Jan 1, 1300
Buddhism
Buddhism grows in importance and again becomes the main religion of the Khmer Kings -
Jan 1, 1431
Thai attack
Thai army attacks Angkor -
Jan 1, 1432
Angkor is abandoned
Khmers abandon Angkor over subsequent centuries. Angkors location is forgotten -
Khmer's defeat
Vietnamese armies defeat the Khmer in the Mekong River delta -
Jayavarman is crowned as deveraja
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Khmer empire expands
Angkor Wat is built and Buddhism becomes important