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Angkor

9th-14th centuries CE · Cambodia

Temples, reservoirs, canals, roads and dispersed settlement formed a vast low-density capital region.

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How the setting appeared

Stone temple-mountains rose amid wooden houses, rice fields, ponds, embankments and immense barays rather than a single dense masonry city.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-ANGKORCIT-CORE001-ANGKOR-WAT-APSARACIT-CORE001-ANGKOR-THOM-APSARACIT-CORE001-ANGKOR-INSCRIPTIONS-EFEO Setting and material context · 4 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people lived

Households farmed wet rice and occupied mounds along water networks supplying temple and court centers.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-ANGKORCIT-CORE001-ANGKOR-WAT-APSARACIT-CORE001-ANGKOR-THOM-APSARACIT-CORE001-ANGKOR-INSCRIPTIONS-EFEO Lifeways and community · 4 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people worked

Hydraulic maintenance, stone construction, carving, transport, agriculture and ritual service required large coordinated systems.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-ANGKORCIT-CORE001-ANGKOR-WAT-APSARACIT-CORE001-ANGKOR-THOM-APSARACIT-CORE001-ANGKOR-INSCRIPTIONS-EFEO Work, tools and exchange · 4 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Belief, ritual and worship

Royal Shaiva and Vaishnava foundations, Mahayana Buddhism and later Theravada practice reshaped sacred monuments.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-ANGKORCIT-CORE001-ANGKOR-WAT-APSARACIT-CORE001-ANGKOR-THOM-APSARACIT-CORE001-ANGKOR-INSCRIPTIONS-EFEO Belief, ritual and evidence limits · 4 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

World-atlas stage: Connected medieval worlds
Region: Southeast Asia · Cambodia
Languages and scripts: Old Khmer; Sanskrit; Khmer script
Important people: Suryavarman II; Jayavarman VII
Events and changes: Successive Khmer rulers developed Angkor as an imperial capital from the 9th through 14th centuries CE.; Suryavarman II commissioned Angkor Wat, built c. 1113-1150 CE.; Cham forces captured Angkor in 1177 CE.; Jayavarman VII established the fortified city of Angkor Thom in the late 12th century CE after his accession c. 1181 CE.
Evidence confidence: REC-A for stone monuments and waterworks; REC-B for perishable neighborhoods and activity.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-ANGKORCIT-CORE001-ANGKOR-WAT-APSARACIT-CORE001-ANGKOR-THOM-APSARACIT-CORE001-ANGKOR-INSCRIPTIONS-EFEO Dates, place, language, people, events and confidence · 4 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Historical geography

A dated anchor, not an exact border

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Agent citation CIT-CORE-ANGKORCIT-CORE001-ANGKOR-WAT-APSARACIT-CORE001-ANGKOR-THOM-APSARACIT-CORE001-ANGKOR-INSCRIPTIONS-EFEO Historical-geography anchor and stated limits · 4 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Evidence register

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CIT-CORE-ANGKOR

Angkor: record evidence guide

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/668/

whc.unesco.org

CIT-CORE001-ANGKOR-WAT-APSARA

Angkor Wat

https://apsaraauthority.gov.kh/2021/06/14/angkor-wat/

APSARA National Authority

CIT-CORE001-ANGKOR-THOM-APSARA

Angkor Thom

https://apsaraauthority.gov.kh/2021/07/03/angkor-thom/

APSARA National Authority

CIT-CORE001-ANGKOR-INSCRIPTIONS-EFEO

The East Mebon Stele Inscription from Angkor (K. 528)

https://publications.efeo.fr/fr/livres/975_the-east-mebon-stele-inscription-from-angkor-k-528

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