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
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
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
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”
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!
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
ResourcesBefore
Stone GoldWell managed waterFarming (rice)
AfterDroughts 13th/14th centuryHeavy down pour ErosionSoil overused
SocialBefore
Indian influenceJayavarman II united the statesReligion (Buddhism)
AfterStates separated
EconomyBefore
TaxesTrading Walled settlementRoad System
AfterNatural Disasters
ArchitectureBefore
TemplesSandstone buildingsWater system: canals reservoirs moats
AfterDestroyed infrastructureClimate change, not so easily changing system
Khmer vs. US Climate change destroyed them US more adaptable Both mixed economy, trading
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