Khmer Empire
Cambodia's Angkor Wat builders
01
Before Angkor: Funan, Chenla, and Indianization
~50 BCE–802 CE
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Jayavarman II and the God-King
802–c.900
03
The Hydraulic City: Yasodharapura and the Barays
889–1010
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The Eleventh Century: the Khleang Kings, the Baphuon, and Suryavarman I
1002–1113
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Suryavarman II and Angkor Wat
1113–1150
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The Cham Catastrophe: the 1177 Sack and the Interregnum
1150–1181
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Jayavarman VII: the Bodhisattva King and the Bayon
1181–1218
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The Empire at Its Height: Society, Trade, and Zhou Daguan
1218–1327
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The Long Retreat and the 1431 Abandonment
1218–1431
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The Collapse Debate and Afterlife: the Jungle, Mouhot, LiDAR, and Angkor as Symbol
1431–present