Angkor, during its peak in the 11th to the 13th centuries, was the most extensive pre-industrial urban complex in the world. Over 1,000 temples still survive from this massive society that originated in 802. Come along with me today as we discuss the origins, Golden Years, decline, culture, and religion of one of the most incredible ancient civilizations the world has ever seen.
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Gallery of temples! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Empire#Gallery_of_temples
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Empire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_empire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hariharalaya
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakong
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devaraja#Cambodia_and_Khmer_empire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devaraja#Cambodia_and_Khmer_empire
https://academic.oup.com/book/39071/chapter-abstract/338392949?redirectedFrom=fulltext (The Oxford World History of Empire: Volume Two: The History of Empires. Peter Fibiger Bang (ed.) et al.)
https://around.uoregon.edu/content/new-research-shows-how-many-people-lived-angkor-empire
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abf8441
https://youtu.be/9QzNVorZOUM (population density from U of Oregon)
https://www.oup.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0024/58191/Chapter-13-The-Khmer-Empire-obook-only.pdf
Damian Evans, Martin Polkinghorne, Roland Fletcher, David Brotherson, Tegan Hall, et al.. Perspectives on the ’Collapse’ of Angkor and the Khmer Empire. The Angkorian World, pp.541-553, 2023. Ffhal-04109009f (https://hal.science/hal-04109009v1/document )
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