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The Khmer Empire was a powerful Southeast Asian kingdom that ruled from the early 800s to the early 1400s and created one of history's most impressive civilizations. It matters because the Khmer built remarkable achievements in architecture, engineering, and culture—most famously the temple complex of Angkor Wat—that shaped the region and left a lasting legacy that influences Cambodia today.
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The Khmer Empire was an empire in mainland Southeast Asia, centred on hydraulic cities in what is now northern Cambodia. Known as Kambuja (Old Khmer: កម្វុជ; Khmer: កម្ពុជ) by its inhabitants, it grew out of the former civilisation of Chenla and lasted from 802 to 1431 AD. Historians call this period of Cambodian history the Angkor period, after the empire's most well-known capital, Angkor. The Khmer Empire ruled or vassalised most of Mainland Southeast Asia and stretched as far north as southern China.
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