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Archaeologists found evidence of trade between these two countries from around 500 CE.
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Jayavarman II unifies smaller states to create one large empire, renaming his kingdom Kambuja.
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Civil war breaks out in Angkor as rival leaders compete for control of the Khmer Empire.
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King Jayavarman VII defeats the Chams and expands the empire to cover most of present -day Laos, Thailand and Burma.
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King Jayavarman VIII becomes king and renounces Buddhism, ordering that all icons and temples to be destroyed
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Thailand, neighbour country of the Angkor Empire, attacked Angkor.
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The people of Khmer abandoned Angkor . The jungle surrounding the kingdom had overgrown, losing the location of the Empire.
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The location of the Khmer Empire had shifted to Phnom Penh because of the invasion of the Thais.
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A Siamese king orders an attack on the Khmer king and takes over the kingdom.
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King Jayavarman came into power and declared himself a devaraja, or god-king.
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The Khmer Empire begins to expand and the Angkor Wat is being built under the rule of King Suryavarman II.
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King Jayavarman II forces a number of small Khmer kingdoms to unite, Thus founding the Khmer Empire. He declares himself Chakravartin (‘ruler of the world’) and Hinduism becomes the official religion of the empire.The Empire ended almost 800 years later when the Siamese king attacked and defeated the Khmer Empire in 1593AD.
