Cambodian History: A Captivating Guide to the History of Cambodia and the Khmer Empire (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781637162989)

If you want to discover the captivating history of Cambodia, then keep reading...

Two captivating manuscripts in one book:

• History of Cambodia: A Captivating Guide to Cambodian History, Including Events Such as the Rise and Decline of the Khmer Empire, Siege of Angkor, Cambodian-Vietnamese War, and Cambodian Civil War
• The Khmer Empire: A Captivating Guide to the Merged Kingdoms of Cambodia That Became the Angkor Empire That Ruled over Most of Mainland Southeast Asia and Parts of Southern China

Did you know that Cambodia is home to Angkor Wat, the world's largest religious building?

In 2009, a Cambodian historian took several walking tours of the war-ravaged country. He took photos, and one shows a discarded broken Buddhist statue lying in the green grasses beneath his feet. The artifact possibly dates back to the 1st century CE. Yet it lay there abandoned, instead of being housed in an honored place inside a glass cabinet in a museum. Scholars bemoan the fact that the deeds and even the names of Cambodian kings from its early times have faded like ghosts into the ethereal world of unwritten history.

However, what is ensconced in glass cabinets in Cambodian museums are the many skulls of those who were executed by one of the most brutal regimes in the history of the world. Cambodia, or, as it was once known, Kampuchea, is a beautiful country, replete with an incredibly wondrous system of canals. But its history has been marked by the Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot, which brought the nation to its knees. Although it has risen from the ashes of genocide, it is still facing a major crisis today.

Travel back in time to learn about Cambodia's past, one that was greatly influenced by various religions. For centuries, their beleaguered country was the battleground of many countries other than their own, and during the 20th century, their own men turned on each other.

Some of the topics covered in part 1 of this book include:

• Cambodian prehistory
• The early kings of Cambodia
• Religious and regional influences
• The rise and fall of the Khmer Empire
• The French protectorate
• The Khmer Rouge and the Cambodian Civil War
• The Cambodian genocide
• Cambodia today
• And more

Some of the topics covered in part 2 of this book include:

• Who were the Khmer people?
• Who was the devaraja that founded the Empire of Angkor?
• What is the symbolism behind some of the greatest temples in the world?
• Who built Angkor Wat, and with what purpose?
• How did a whole nation convert to Buddhism in under one century?
• Who was Jayavarman VII, and what made him the most powerful king of the Khmer?
• How did such a great empire fall into oblivion?
• How was it rediscovered and rebuilt?
• And much more!

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