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://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