1. Khmer Empire- Angkor Wat (India) By: Maxwell Davis, Shifra Pfister & Steven Lewis

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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”

5. 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!

6. 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

7. Resources Before  Stone  Gold  Well managed water  Farming (rice) After  Droughts 13 th /14 th century  Heavy down pour  Erosion  Soil overused

8. Social Before  Indian influence  Jayavarman II united the states  Religion (Buddhism) After  States separated

9. Economy Before  Taxes  Trading  Walled settlement  Road System After  Natural Disasters

10. Architecture Before  Temples  Sandstone buildings  Water system: canals reservoirs moats After  Destroyed infrastructure  Climate change, not so easily changing system

11. Khmer vs. US  Climate change destroyed them  US more adaptable  Both mixed economy, trading

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