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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]
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] Blog: "Life was short, brutal and miserable"
Date: December 31st 2006
Angkor, Tikal, Chitzen-Itza, Machu Picchu - every time I am in one of these hewed stone wonderlands I think of all the toil and suffering it must have taken to build them. ‘Life was short, brutal and miserable” comes to mind, a quote from a world systems theory prof at Hopkins. There aught to be a prominent plaque or sign estimating the number of people it took to construct the site, the esti ... read more
Date: December 31st 2006
Angkor, Tikal, Chitzen-Itza, Machu Picchu - every time I am in one of these hewed stone wonderlands I think of all the toil and suffering it must have taken to build them. ‘Life was short, brutal and miserable” comes to mind, a quote from a world systems theory prof at Hopkins. There aught to be a prominent plaque or sign estimating the number of people it took to construct the site, the esti ... read more
