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500
Evidence of trade between the Khmer and Indian peoples
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500
First know kingdom in the lower Mekong River region, funan, rises and falls.
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Period: 500 to
The time of the Khmer Empire
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550
State of Chenla replaces Funan as the dominant kingdom
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Jan 1, 770
Jayavarman II unifies smaller states to create one large empire. The capital is in the Ankor region of Cambodia
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Jan 1, 1177
Cham kingdom invades much of Khmer Empire's eastrern territory.
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Jan 1, 1181
Jayavarman VII defeats the Chams and expands the empire to furthest extent to incorporate much of present-day Laos, Thailand and Burma.
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Jan 1, 1243
Rule of Jaya varman VIII. He renounces Buddhism and orders thst Buddhist temples and images be destroyed and Hinduism become the main religion.
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Jan 1, 1300
Buddhism grows in importance and again becomes the main religion of the Khmer kings
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Jan 1, 1431
Thai army attacks Ankor
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Jan 1, 1432
Khmers abandon Ankor. Over subsequent centuries, the jungle grows around and over Ankor and its location is forgotten
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Jan 1, 1440
Khmer rulers relocate the capital to Phnom Penh
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Siamese (Thai) king attacks and defeats Khmer king
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Vietnamese armies repeatedly attack Khmer forces in Mekong river delta and defeated the Khmer. The approximate modern borders of Cambodia are determined.
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Jayavarman II enthroned as a devaraja (god-king)
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Khmer Empire expands and Ankor Wat is built. Buddism becomes inportant.