Angkor

By geranjoh2024
  • 889

    889

    Yasovarman I becomes king and establishes Angkor.
  • 1002

    1002

    Civil war breaks out in Angkor.
  • 1113

    1113

    Suryavarman II becomes king and builds the Angkor Wat temple.
  • 1177

    1177

    The kingdom of Champa defeats the Khmer and burn parts of the Angkor region.
  • 1181

    1181

    Jayavarman VII becomes king and under his reign the Cham are defeated and driven out of Angkor.
  • 1200

    1200

    Jayavarman VII builds the city of Angkor Thom.
  • 1296

    1296

    Chinese traveller Zhou Daguan visits the Angkor region and records observations that he found.
  • 1431

    1431

    The Angkor region is attacked by the kingdom of Ayutthaya and thousands of people are enslaved and Angkor Thom is abandoned.

  • 1860

    French explorer and archaeologist Henri Mouhot visits ruins in Angkor and records observations.