9. Cambodia's Khmer Empire (aka the civilization that created Angkor Wat, et. al)

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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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SOURCES

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://www.nla.gov.au/digital-classroom/year-8/asia-pacific-world/angkorkhmer-empire-c802-c1431/themes/way-life-khmer#

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 )

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phnom_Bakheng

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre_Rup