Khmer Empire Decline

Evidence of trade between the Indian and the khmer

500

500ce India takes advatage of wind and sail to the Khmer and trade which would have spread indian culture throughout the khmer empire

Funan rises and falls

550

1-550ce Funan the first known kingdom located in the lower mekong river region rises and falls

Jayavarman 2 unifies small states and creates a larger empire

Oct 8, 770

Jayavarman 2 unifies smaller states to in turn create a larger empire. 770-834

Angkor Wat is built

Oct 13, 1145

834-1145ce Khmer empire expands, Angkor Wat is built and Buddhism becomes important to the Khmer

Invasion

Oct 13, 1177

1177 Cham kingdom invades alot of the Khmer's eastern terratory

Fighting Back

Oct 13, 1181

1181-1219 Jayavarman defeats the chams and expands empire

Hinduism

Oct 13, 1243

1243-98 under rule of Jayavarman 8 ,Buddism temples and images were destroyed and made way for Hinduism to become the main religion but is quikly replaced as the main religion of the khmer king with Buddism once again in the 1300s.

The Thai army attacks Angkor

Oct 20, 1431

The attack on Angkor bye the Thia was the begining of the end the empires start to its final decline. The khmer weakend bye the silting of a depended on water system were eventualy fourced to flee angkor in 1432 leaving Angkor lost and forgoten as time goes on.

Thai King attacks

Oct 20, 1593

The khmer king who had failed to support his army at a suitable level had been defeated by the Thia King

Vietnamese repeated attacks

Oct 20, 1700

in the 1700s The Vietnamese attack there weakend foe the khmer repeatedly around 100 years later at the mekong river and defeat the khmer