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Funan, the first known kingdom in the lower Mekong River rises and falls.
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Evidence of the first trade between the Khmer Empire and the Indian people.
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State of Chenla replaces Funan as the dominant kingdom.
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Jayavarman II unites smaller states and creates one large empire. This empier is known as the Khmer Empire.
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Angkor Wat, the largest religious building in the world is the most important and well known temple/palace in Cambodia. The Angkor Wat was completed around 1113 and was dedicated to the Hindu god, Bishnu.
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Cham Kingdom invades much of Khmer Empire's eastern territory.
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Jayavarman VII defeats the Chams and expands the Khmer empire to its furthest extent to incorporate much of present-day Laos, Thailand and Burma.
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Jayavarman IIV renounces Buddhism and orders that Buddhist temples and images be destroyed and Hinduism become the main religion.
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Buddhism grows in importance and again becomes the main religion of the Khmer Kings.
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Thai army attacks Angkor Empire.
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Khmers abandon Angkor. Over subsequent centuries, the jungle grows around and over Angkor and its location is forgotten.
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Siamese king attacks and defeats the Khmer king.
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Vietnamese armies attack the Khmer forces repeatedly in Mekong River delta and defeats the Khmer. The modern borders of Cambodia are determined.
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Jayavarman II declared himself as a devaraja or a god-king, in a ceremony performed by Hindu high priests. This meant that his rule came from a divine source and that he was a god living on the Earth.
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Khmer Empire expands and the Angkor Wat is built. Buddhism becomes important in Cambodia.
