Khmer empire

  • 550

    550
    Evidence of trade between the Khmer and the Indian people
  • 700ce

    700ce
    Jayavarma ii uniflies smaller states to create one large empire. The capital is in the Angkor region of Cambodia.
  • 800 ce

    800 ce
    Jayavarman ii enthroned as a devaraja (god and king)
  • 1178-78

    1178-78
    Cham kingdom invades much of Khmer empire eastern territory
  • 1100ce

    1100ce
    The Cham kingdom invaded most of the Khmer empire
  • 1181-1219

    Jayavarman vii defeated the chams and made his empire to the greatest limits
  • 1243-98

    1243-98
    Ruler Jayavarman viii. He ounces that Buddhism and orders the Buddhist temples to be destroyed and made Hinduism to be the main religion.
  • 1300ce

    1300ce
    Buddhism grows and becomes the main religion of the Khmer kings
  • 1431

    1431
    Thai army attacks and invade the Angkor
  • 15 century

    The Khmer empire fallen
  • 1431

    The Khmer empire abandoned the Angkor for many centuries.
  • 1400ce

    Khmer empire was relocated capital phenom penh