A Siem Riep stream scene

Angkor what?

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May 5th 2007
From Shianoukville I stopped over in Phenom Phen for a few days before heading up to the north west of Cambodia to the city of Siem Riep. Modern day Siem Riep was the historic capital of the anchient Khymer empire. During the medieval period the Khmer empire controlled the majority of what we now call South East Asia. No more so is the bygone power and control exerted by this ancient empire bette ... read more

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Most Cambodians consider themselves to be Khmers, whose Angkor Empire extended over much of Southeast Asia and reached its zenith between the 10th and 13th centuries. Subsequently, attacks by the Thai and Cham (from present-day Vietnam) weakened the ... ... read more