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Jan 1, 802
The Rise Of The Khmer Empire
The Khmer is said to be founded in 802 A.D, This year marked the start of of an empire that would last for 629 years -
Jan 1, 802
The First King
Jayarvarman II was the first leader of the Khmer empire and ruled from 802 A.D-835 A.D. During his reign he expanded the old kingdom of Chenla greatly, he also introduced the Deva-Raja or God King which set up their monarchy -
Jan 1, 834
The Khmer Empire Expands
During this time period the Khmer Empire expands vastly and Angkor Wat is then created by Suryavarman II and his army of workers. And Buddhism becomes more important in everyone's day to day lives . -
Jan 1, 1122
The Champas attack
In 1177 the capital was raided and looted in a naval battle on the Tonlé Sap lake by a Chams fleet under Jaya Indravarman IV, and current king Tribhuvanadityavarman was killed -
Jan 1, 1181
Jayarvarman VII Becomes King
During this time period Jayarvarman VII becomes the king of the Khmer Empire and is said to be the most influential kings of the empire -
Nov 23, 1197
Jayarvarman VII Helps The People
During his reign Jayarvarman VII built hundreds of hospitals, he built roads to connect the temples and built over 100 rest areas to connect them -
Jan 1, 1203
The Champa Defeated
Jayarvarman continued the war against the neighboring eastern kingdom for another 22 years, until the Khmer defeated Champa in 1203 and conquered large parts of its territory. -
Jan 1, 1304
The Empire Begins To Weaken
There are many theories to the decline of the Khmer Empire and they all focus around three topics, religion, ecological and foreign pressure -
Jan 1, 1431
The Thai Invade
As the empire weakened so did their trading with other countries. The other countries released this and then eventually the newly emerged Thai Kingdom, Ayutthaya invaded Angkor in 1413 AD, using the road Jayavarman VII built to send produce to neighbouring Empires. And this is said to be the end of the Khmer Empire -
Nov 1, 1467
Angkor Wat Is Abandoned
There is no exact answer why Angkor Wat was abandoned but many believe it had to do with the environment. As the new religion came into place people started to forget about the water control, so the Empire weakened and once Angkor was invaded people gave up and were unable to rebuild the Empire again. This resulted in the abandoning of Angkor as no one thought they could rebuild the water systems or fix what the Empire had done.
