Wednesday 7 October 2009

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ANGKOR WAT





The temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia, is called Angkor Wat. In the early 12th century it was built for the king Suryavarman II as state temple and capital city. Beside, Angkor or the word 'nokor' which comes from the sanskrit word nagara meaning capital. Wat is the khmer word for temple.



The main reason contributed to the rise of Angkor is the strategic location. The Angkor is situated in the North of Tonle Sap Lake. It was protected by rugged thick forest and it is also were no developed roads. It would be the only way for intruders to bring in a large enough troop to fight against the Angkor. If the enemies intended to attack the Angkor, they have to sail up from the Mekong River.
To know how the khmer cultivate the rice, they used a lot of main power to harvest an animal. The animal used to carry the yield and after harvest, they need to store the yield and then need to use animal.


Furthermore, the contributed to the fall of Angkor which is the external threats. The Thai state of Ayuthaya in the Chaophaya river Basin to the west. To protect the empire, Angkor had to direct of its manpower to secure strong armed forces. How did the main temple survive? The building had been used as a buddha temple and often used by Hinduist and Buddhist. As time passing through, the building had been used as a buddha temple. A few temple in the area survived the destruction and


become part of theF new city.







BAYON




  1. What is Bayon?

  • Bayon is a well know and richly decorated Khmer temple at Angkor in Cambodia. Bayon is also second big temple after Angkor Wat.

2. What is the Bayon famous for?

  • Bayon is famous cause of its beautiful decoration artistics status. Its many stone face on many tower.

3. Who was Chou Ta-Kuan?


  • Chou ta-Kuan was a chinese diplomat under the Temur Khan, empror Cheng Zong of Yuan.

4. Who were the Khmer's enemies?


  • Khmer enemies is Cham.

5. What is the main reason for the fall of the Khmer?


  • Year at 1431 Ayutthaya empire attack the Khmer empire and the Ayutthaya empire win in attack which Khmer empire. Moreover, the main reason is a lost of water control.

6. How did Angkor Wat survive?


  • Angkor Wat survive which glory the empire Khmer. Angkor Wat by collecting water from river for agriculture has well as draining and reserving water.

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