THE TIMELINE OF KHMER EMPIRE

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  • First kingdom in the lower mekong
    500

    First kingdom in the lower mekong

    First known kingdom in the lower mehong river region,funan, rises and falls.
  • The civil war between two kings
    Oct 20, 1002

    The civil war between two kings

    The king died.The civil war started between jayaviravarman and suryavarman I, both of them claimed the throne.
  • Oct 20, 1113

    The possible murder by a nephew

    dharanidravarman died, possibly murded by his great nephew suryavarman II who succeded him..
  • The atempt of an invassion
    Oct 20, 1132

    The atempt of an invassion

    An attepted invassion of vietnam was defeated/stopped.
  • angkor wat finished being constructed
    Oct 13, 1145

    angkor wat finished being constructed

  • The invaders
    Oct 20, 1177

    The invaders

    cham invaders took control of yasofharapura, the khmer capital and murdered the king
  • The civil war between two kings
    Oct 20, 1243

    The civil war between two kings

    Rule of jayavarman VIII, he renounces buddism and orders that buddist temples and images to be destroyed and hinduism become the main religion.
  • The army
    Oct 20, 1357

    The army

    King suryavong led the khmer army in retaking angkor from the siamese
  • The enthroned of a new king

    The enthroned of a new king

    Jayavarman ll enthroned as a devaraja (god-king)
  • Angkor wat is built

    Angkor wat is built

    Khmer empire expands and angkor wat is built. Buddism becomes inportant
  • The death of the first king

    The death of the first king

    jayavarman died. His sun jayavarman III succeded him.