Angkorwat arial view

Khmer Timeline

By dylan jaya
  • 500

    First Khmer Empire

    First Khmer Empire
    1-500 CE There was trade and a new empire rose. CE first known kingdom in the lower Mekong river. There was evidence that there was a new empire that rose, it was called the Khmer empire. There was also evidence the Khmer empire traded with the Indian people.
  • Period: 500 to

    Khmer empire

  • May 21, 770

    Empires unite

    Empires unite
    King Jayavarman II unites the small empires and areas to become one huge empire that will rule around modern Cambodia.
  • May 21, 1078

    Battles and Invations

    Battles and Invations
    1077-78 CE Battles and Invasion There was great violence and destructure and death. Cham kingdom invades and intrudes the Khmer empire and invades there eastern territory.
  • May 21, 1248

    Religion

    Religion
    1243-98 CE Religion There were dramatic changes in religions and knowledge about them. At this time King Jayavarman VIII announces the religion Hinduism should become the main religion. And demands that there be temples and images of Budda should be destroyed. And that everyone should convert to Hinduism.
  • May 21, 1300

    Religion

    Religion
    1300s Religion There were dramatic changes in religions and knowledge about them. Buddhism takes over and now becomes the new main religion throughout the Khmer empire and thought the Khmer Kings.
  • May 21, 1431

    Location and war

    Location and war
    1431 CE Location and war. Movement of location and war was encountered. The Thai army invades and attacks the region of Angkor, the Khmers abandon Angkor the next year and Angkor is left to grow with no trace of existence or an empire or kingdom at the time.

  • Siamese attack

    Siamese attack
    1593 CE Siamese attack. The King had died and the Siamese are now successful. Siamese kingdom (Thai) attacks the Khmer King and are successful.

  • Vietnamese attack

    Vietnamese attack
    Many battles took place. The Vietnamese armies repeatedly attack the khmer empire and force the Mekong river delta and they defeat the Khmer empire. The modern borders of Cambodia and Laos were now determined and the Khmer empire was lost.

  • Megastructures and growth

    Megastructures and growth
    802 CE Mega structures
    834-1145 CE Growth of the empire.
    King Jayavarman II. There was progress in the empire of mega structures. King Jayavarman II announced himself as God-King that he was the one and only.
    Ankor Wat is Built and the Khmer empire expands and continues to grow.