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First known Kingdom in the lower Mekong River region, Funan, rises and falls.
About 1-500CE
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Evidence of trade between the Khmer and India peoples.
About 500CE.
http://www.popularguesthouse.com/combinetour/angkorhistory.htm -
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 -
Cham Kingdom invades much of Khmer Empires eastern territory.
This happens about 1177-1178CE.
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Jayavarman VII defeats the Chams and expands the empire to the furthest extent to incorporate much of present day Laos, Thailand and Burma.
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Rule of Jayavarman VIII, he renounces Buddhism and orders that buddhist temples and images be destroyed and Hinduism becomes the main religion
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Buddhism grows in importance and becomes the main religion of the Khmer kings.
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Thai armies attack Angkor.
About 1431 CE -
Khmers abandon Angkor. Over subsiquent centuries, the jungle grows on and around Angkor and Angkor is lost.
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Khmer rulers relocate Phnom Penh capital city.
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Siamese (Thai) king attacks and defeats Khmer King.
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Vietnamese forces repeatadly attack Khmer forces in Mekong river delta and defeat Khmer. The approximate modern borders of Camboda are now determained.
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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 -
The Khmer empire expands and Angkor Wat is built. Buddhism becomes important.
About 834-1145CE
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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.
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Jayavarman III is succeeded by his cousin Indravarman in 877CE, who further expanded the system of artificial lakes and irrigation canals.
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Indravarman Dies.
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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
