The Khmer Empire: From Start to Finish By: Camrey Smith, Jacob Castanzo and John Willet

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1 The Khmer Empire: From Start to Finish By: Camrey Smith, Jacob Castanzo and John Willet Start: 802 A.D. End: 1432 A.D. Considered the *Most powerful empire in Southeast Asia Golden Age: Suryavarman II took the throne at age 14 in 1114 and began expanding his empire. Completing this, by successfully conquering neighboring kingdoms such as: Champa, Hairpunjaya and Lavo. After doing so, he began building the greatest temple complex in the world; Angkor Wat. along with his mausoleum, or external freestanding building made as a monument holding the burial chamber of a deceased being within it.

2 Geography Located in Southeast Asia: between Thailand and Vietnam. Consists of lakes in some areas. The Tonle Sap-Basin being the main, or most important water source especially during monsoons when the lake flooded and it was the most giving time for farmers. As they planted the rice on the lake, it would be ideally for planting rice crops. With it, fish were also prominent in the area. The Khmer Empire was not isolated. It was open to different religions and culture. Hence the two main

3 Khmer: Maps and Visual aids Click to edit the outline text format Second Outline Level Third Outline Level Fourth Outline Level Fifth Outline Level Sixth Outline Level Seventh Outline Level Eighth Outline Level Ninth Outline LevelClick to edit Master text styles (To the left)- Where The Khmer

4 Religion Two most practiced religions in the Khmer Empire: Hinduism and Buddhism Origin: India Main language: Khmer (Cambodian) The two ideas being brought from trade and through word of mouth. Buddhism, being brought later in the 13th century from Sri Lanka and populating from there through the people and their beliefs. They whether believed in both versions enlightenment: Moksha or Nirvana. Believed in treating others how you would want to be treated yourself (Karma) Angkor monarchs took the concept of deva-

5 Achievements In the course of time, the Khmers have built many great architectures. Many to all being temples dedicated to the Hindu religion and the god/s Vishnu and Shiva. Examples include: Ta Keo, which was a dedication to the god Shiva. Pre Rup, which was also dedicated to Shiva, built by king Rajendravarman in 961. along with many others. One of the more known dedications being the great temple complex of Angkor Wat. (Which we ve discussed earlier in the presentation)

6 Although there are many variations of the sampot, each is worn according to class. Fun Fact! The Khmers wore clothing called a Sampot, or a rectangular cloth worn on the lower body. The typical sampot known as the sarong, would generally be worn by men and women of lower class while nobles and royals wore a sampot called a Krama.

7 Khmer Sampots Click to edit the outline text format Second Outline Level Third Outline Level Fourth Outline Level Fifth Outline Level Sixth Outline Level Seventh Outline Level Eighth Outline (Left and middle)- What Level royals wore. Ninth Outline LevelClick to edit (Top Master right)- text What styles others

8 Political System F.O.G: Absolute Monarchy Power was used spiritually, as the king was believed to be the incarnation of the god Shiva.

9 Economics The Khmer Empire consisted or were driven off of their most produced product. Rice. Fish also went along side with it. But wasn t as demanded as rice. They relied very much on their agricultural aspects.

10 Social Structures The most important people in society were the deva raja's and nobles. Nobles kept their surroundings and people safe, while the

11 Fun Fact! There s a Khmer Song and Khmer dance Guess what?! We re going to watch/listen to it! :D yxko ^Dance 1QaU ^Song (rap)

12 Citations edu/ted/ice/ankorwat. htm com/khmer_empire/