Khmer Empire- Angkor Wat (India) By: Maxwell Davis, Shifra Pfister & Steven Lewis.
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Khmer Empire-Angkor Wat (India)By: Maxwell Davis, Shifra Pfister & Steven Lewis
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Location! Location! Location! Khmer Empire was one of the most powerful empires in Southeast Asia
Included Cambodia, parts of Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand
Its great legacy is Angkor Wat
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Khmer’s Role In Society
Religion Buddhism Hinduism
Trading Connecting Rome, India, and China Ivory, spices, elephants, feathers
Religion and Law Court system was led by religious and secular nobles
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Communist Rule Of Khmer Empire Ancient Cambodia
divided into rival states Khmer Empire
Suryavarman I controlled Cambodia Cambodia 1500-1800
Vietnamese also invaded Cambodia Communist made headway 1975
Under the rule of Pol Pot- “the tyrant”
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Increase in Population The large abundance of land, ideal for crop
growing and animal herding/grazing Increased trade due to highly forested areas;
which were rich in trade items such as; Ivory! Feathers! Spices! Elephants! Exotic types of Woods!
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Decline in Population After several hundred years of growth and
prosperity, the system came to a halt in 1431.
The population suffered the hit of the system failure, along with the factors of:
Climate Change Economic Issues Political Factors
All these issues overwhelmed the society as a whole, and became the main downfall
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ResourcesBefore
Stone GoldWell managed waterFarming (rice)
AfterDroughts 13th/14th centuryHeavy down pour ErosionSoil overused
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SocialBefore
Indian influenceJayavarman II united the statesReligion (Buddhism)
AfterStates separated
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EconomyBefore
TaxesTrading Walled settlementRoad System
AfterNatural Disasters
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ArchitectureBefore
TemplesSandstone buildingsWater system: canals reservoirs moats
AfterDestroyed infrastructureClimate change, not so easily changing system
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Khmer vs. US Climate change destroyed them US more adaptable Both mixed economy, trading
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