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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 74. Chapters: Angkorian sites, Angkor Wat, Preah Vihear Temple, Samrong Sen, Banteay Srei, Bayon, Sdok Kok Thom, Preah Khan, Vat Phou, Ta Prohm, Banteay Chhmar, Ta Keo, Angkor Thom, Thommanon, Bakong, Khmer sculpture, Phnom Bakheng, Pre Rup, Phanom Rung historical park, Beng Mealea, Phnom Kulen, Preah Pithu, Prasat Kravan, Preah Ko, Preah Khan Kompong Svay, Lopburi, Ta Som, Preah Palilay, Lolei, Hariharalaya, Baphuon, Phimai historical park, East Mebon, Neak Pean, West Mebon, Muang Tum, Baksei Chamkrong, Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat, West Baray, Mueang Sing historical park, Phra That Phu Pek, Koh Ker, Phimeanakas, Phra That Choeng Chum, Srah Srang, Mangalartha, Bat Chum, Phra That Narai Cheng Weng, Phnom Krom, Kbal Spean, East Baray, Phra That Dum, Roluos, Banteay Kdei, Khleangs, Banteay Prei Nokor, Terrace of the Elephants, Terrace of the Leper King, Prasat Ak Yum, Spean Thma, Tonle Bati, Sambor Prei Kuk, Chau Say Tevoda, Indrapura, Wat Athvea, Yasodharapura, Phnom Bok, Banteay Samre, Phnom Dei, Phnom Chisor, Ta Nei, Prasat Suor Prat, APSARA, Krol Ko, Oum Moung. Excerpt: Angkor (Khmer: ) is a region of Cambodia that served as the seat of the Khmer Empire, which flourished from approximately the 9th to 15th centuries. The word Angkor is derived from the Sanskrit nagara ( ), meaning "city." The Angkorian period began in AD 802, when the Khmer Hindu monarch Jayavarman II declared himself a "universal monarch" and "god-king," until 1431, when Ayutthayan invaders sacked the Khmer capital, causing its population to migrate south to the area of Phnom Penh. The ruins of Angkor are located amid forests and farmland to the north of the Great Lake (Tonle Sap) and south of the Kulen Hills, near modern-day Siem Reap (13 24 N, 103 51 E), and are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The temples of the Angkor area number over one thousand, ranging i...
