Agriculture in the Cambodian landscape

Phnom Bakheng at Angkor Wat, Cambodia

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May 18th 2008
Geo: 13.4691, 104.041Phnom Bakheng at Angkor, Cambodia, is a Hindu temple in the form of a temple mountain. Dedicated to Shiva, and built at the end of the 9th century, during the reign of King Yasovarman (889-910 A.D.). Phnom Bakheng was constructed more than two centuries before Angkor Wat, and was in its day the principal temple of the Angkor region. Phnom Bakheng is a symbolic representatio ... 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