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500
Funan Kingdom
First known Kingdom in the lower Mekong River region, Funan, rises and falls.
About 1-500CE
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500
Trade between India and the Khmer Empire
Evidence of trade between the Khmer and India peoples.
About 500CE.
http://www.popularguesthouse.com/combinetour/angkorhistory.htm -
Oct 26, 770
Jayavarman II unifies all the small empires.
Jayvarman II Unifies all the small empires into one large Empire. Chenla was renamed Kambuja.
This takes place about 770-834CE
http://www.guideforangkorwat.com/?opt=2&hlineid=126&langid=18 -
Oct 26, 1177
Cham invades Khmer
Cham Kingdom invades much of Khmer Empires eastern territory.
This happens about 1177-1178CE.
http://www.thailandsworld.com/index.cfm?p=1117 -
Oct 26, 1181
Khmer defeat Cham
Jayavarman VII defeats the Chams and expands the empire to the furthest extent to incorporate much of present day Laos, Thailand and Burma.
This happened around 1181-1219CE. -
Oct 26, 1200
Jayavarman VIII
Rule of Jayavarman VIII, he renounces Buddhism and orders that buddhist temples and images be destroyed and Hinduism becomes the main religion -
Oct 26, 1300
Buddism grows
Buddhism grows in importance and becomes the main religion of the Khmer kings. -
Oct 26, 1431
Thai-Khmer war
Thai armies attack Angkor.
About 1431 CE -
Oct 26, 1432
Angkor abandoned
Khmers abandon Angkor. Over subsiquent centuries, the jungle grows on and around Angkor and Angkor is lost. -
Oct 26, 1440
Phnom Penh becomes capital
Khmer rulers relocate Phnom Penh capital city. -
Thai king defeats Khmer king.
Siamese (Thai) king attacks and defeats Khmer King. -
Vietnamese atteck Khmer
Vietnamese forces repeatadly attack Khmer forces in Mekong river delta and defeat Khmer. The approximate modern borders of Camboda are now determained. -
Jayavarman II comes to throne
Jayavarman II is enthroned as a Devaraja (god-king).
This happens around 802CE
http://www.devata.org/artistic-visions-of-angkor-by-maurice-fievet/#.Umso1PmnpZk -
Angkor Wat is built
The Khmer empire expands and Angkor Wat is built. Buddhism becomes important.
About 834-1145CE
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Jayavarman II dies
Jayavarman II moves his capital city from Kulen to Hariharalaya, near the inland lake Tonle Sap. Here he constructed his last royl palace and died around 850CE. -
Jayavarman III is suceeded by his cousin.
Jayavarman III is succeeded by his cousin Indravarman in 877CE, who further expanded the system of artificial lakes and irrigation canals.
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Champa -
Indravarman dies
Indravarman Dies.
Around 889 -
Five kings
After Yasovarman's death five differant kings ruled the empire over the next 50 years but only the first two were descendants of Yasovarman.
this took place aroun 900CE-950CE
