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The Khmer - Chapter 14:iii -

The Khmer - Chapter 14:iii -. [Image source: http://iansphotography.com/Angkor_Wat_Page_70.jpg]. The Khmer established a Hindu-Buddhist empire in Southeast Asia in A.D. 802.

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The Khmer - Chapter 14:iii -

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  1. The Khmer- Chapter 14:iii - [Image source: http://iansphotography.com/Angkor_Wat_Page_70.jpg]

  2. The Khmer established a Hindu-Buddhist empire in Southeast Asia in A.D. 802. [Image source: http://www.nationmaster.com/wikimir/images/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5b/Bayon_Angkor_Relief1.jpg/280px-Bayon_Angkor_Relief1.jpg]

  3. Their capital was located at Angkor. [Image source: http://wacky.bugle.free.fr/Pics/Angkor%2003.jpg]

  4. The Khmer empire reached its height during the A.D. 1100s. [Image source: http://alpha.montclair.edu/~lebelp/KhmerEmpire.jpg]

  5. At one time the Khmer’s conquered and controlled parts of present-day Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.

  6. The empire’s wealth was primarily based on the production of rice. [Image source: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actrav/images/actravlib/asia/agriculture/cambodiarize1.jpg]

  7. Advances in hydraulic engineering allowed them to coax three rice crops out of the soil annually. [Image source: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/6939/cambo.jpg]

  8. Khmer rulers used the wealth produced by such large rice harvests to subsidize mammoth construction projects. [Image source: http://teacherweb.com/CA/SanMarcos/murdoch/photo1.stm]

  9. The hundreds of Hindu and Buddhist temples constructed during this period reflect Indian influences. [Image source: http://www.xs4all.be/~cadac/viet_images/V444.jpg]

  10. Khmer rulers also constructed roads, reservoirs, irrigation canals, harbors, and hospitals. [Image source: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/tour/angkor.gif]

  11. Khmer rulers, like their Indian counterparts, enhanced their power by presenting themselves as incarnations of the Hindu deities, or as future Buddhas. [Image source: http://www.btinternet.com/~vivekananda/hindutrinitism.gif]

  12. The Khmer kingdom reached its height of power during the reign of Suryavarman II. [Image source: http://dharesearch.bowditch.us/Images/Image1.jpg]

  13. He constructed Angkor Wat,a temple complex coveringnearly one square mile. [Image source: http://www.wanderingstan.com/wanderings2003/fullsize/angkorwat.jpg]

  14. The wealth of the empire spent on Angkor Wat severely weakened the empire. [Image source: http://www.marymount.k12.ny.us/marynet/StudentResources/art/southeastasia/cambodia/html/angkorwat.html]

  15. Infighting among the Khmer royal family, as well as peasant rebellions, crippled the empire. [Image source: http://i.pbase.com/u44/querido/upload/40281415.1373737_IMG.jpg]

  16. The Khmer empire ended in 1431 A.D. when the capital of Angkor Wat was captured by the neighboring Thai kingdom. [Image source: http://www.silkroad.co.nz/images/Bayon%20Temple5%2096dpi.jpg]

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