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Jan 1, 802
The Khmer Empire was established
The Khmer empire was established by Jayavarman II in the country now called cambodia. Jayavarman II unifies the smaller states of the empire to the create one massive capital of the empire in Angkor. -
Dec 1, 802
Jayavarman II becomes a God-King
Being a god-king is the highest respect in their country and Jayavarman appointed himself with the title of Devaraja -
Jan 1, 804
Angkor Wat’s construction commences
Angkor wat construction commences with suryavarman calling on the people of the Khmer empire to build the temple for the resting place of Suryavarman I as he will become a god king. He promised that the people how helped build the temple would go to the afterlife. -
Jan 1, 869
Buddhism becomes important in the Khmer empire
Buddhism came to the Khmer empire from India. There are 3 main types of buddhism being Theravada, Mahayana and Zen. Mahayana was the the main buddhist teaching in the Khmer empire. Even though Jayavarman II wasn’t buddhist he still aloud the practise to stay in the empire -
Jan 1, 1181
Jayavarman VII defeated the Chams and Khmer expands
The Khmer empire was getting to big for their own region so they had to expand to provide more room for their people and they also wanted to expand so they would look more powerful therefor other empires wouldn’t attack them because they know they are powerful. -
Jan 1, 1243
Jayavarman VII makes Hinduism the official religion
Hinduism became very popular in the Khmer empire because of what the religion stood for. The Hinduism class system was very like as it put all the citizens into a category according to the family they were born into. The major temples in the empire were dedicated to Hindu God. -
Jan 1, 1431
Thai army attacks Angkor
The Thai army attack Angkor because the empire is getting too powerful so therefore they attacked so stop the rise of the empire. -
Jan 1, 1432
Khmers leave Angkor
They leave Angkor because it is getting too complicated so run the city and also because of thee nature over grows in the city so the just abandon it. -
Jan 1, 1440
Khmer empire relocates to make Phnom Penh the new capital
The Khmers relocate because there is a new king and he doesn’t want the capital to be something that another king built and also because he wanted to do something big so he would be remember as a great king. -
Vietnamese attack Khmer and their borers become modern day Cambodia
The Vietnamese Attacked the Khmer empire as they were a high profile target and they were also getting to strong and powerful.
