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500
evidence of trade between the khmer and the indian people
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Period: 500 to
Timeline of the Khmer Empire
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Nov 24, 770
Jayavaermen II unifies smaller states to create one large empir.The capital is in angkor region of cambodia
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Nov 23, 1145
Khmer empire expands and angkor wat is built. Buddishm becomes important
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Nov 29, 1177
cham kingdom invades much of Khmer Empires eastern territory
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Period: Nov 29, 1181 to Nov 29, 1219
Jayavarman VII defeats the chams and expands the empire to furthest extent to invorporate much of present-day laos Thailand and burma
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Period: Nov 29, 1243 to
rule of jayavarman VII. he reniunces buddhism and orders that buddhist temples and images be destryed and hinduism become the main religion
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Nov 29, 1300
Buddhism grows in importance and again becomes the main religion of the khmer kings
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Nov 29, 1431
thai army attacks angkor
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Dec 1, 1432
Khmers abandon Angkor. Over subsequent centuries the jungle groes around and over Angkor and its location is forgotten.
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Dec 1, 1440
Khmer rulers relocate the capital to phnom penh
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siamese king attacks and defeats Khmer King
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Jayavarman II enthroned as a devaraja (king god)
