Khmer Empire
The Khmer Empire (Khmer: ចក្រភពខ្មែរ), offeecially the Angkor Empire (Khmer: ចក្រភពអង្គរ), the predecessor state tae modren Cambodie ("Kampuchea" or "Srok Khmer" tae the Khmer fowk), wis a pouerfu Hindu-Buddhist empire in Sootheast Asie. The empire, which grew oot o the umwhile kinricks o Funan an Chenla, at times ruled ower an/or vassalised maist o mainland Sootheast Asie.[1]
Khmer Empire | |||||||||||||
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| 802–1431 | |||||||||||||
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| Caipital | Mahendraparvata (early 9t cent.) Hariharalaya (9t cent.) Yasodharapura (late 9t tae early 10t cent.) Angkor (10t tae 15t cent.) | ||||||||||||
| Common leids | Auld Khmer Sanskrit | ||||||||||||
| Releegion | Hinduism Mahayana Buddhism Theravada Buddhism | ||||||||||||
| Govrenment | Absolute monarchy | ||||||||||||
| Keeng | |||||||||||||
• 802–850 | Jayavarman II | ||||||||||||
• 1113–1150 | Suryavarman II | ||||||||||||
• 1181–1218 | Jayavarman VII | ||||||||||||
• 1393–1463 | Ponhea Yat | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||||
• Enthronement o Jayavarman II | 802 | ||||||||||||
• Siamese invasion | 1431 | ||||||||||||
| Aurie | |||||||||||||
| 1,200,000 km2 (460,000 sq mi) | |||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
• 1150 | 4,000,000 | ||||||||||||
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| The day pairt o |  Cambodie Laos Myanmar Thailand Vietnam | ||||||||||||
