Historical place profile
Angkor
The capital city of the Khmer empire, founded in the late 9th century by Yasovarman I (889-901). The city was sacked in 1431 by invaders from the Ayutthaya kingdom, and was abandoned except for the temple of Angkor Wat, which remained a Buddhist shrine.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:531398484
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:531398484
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 13.433330, 103.833300
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
The capital city of the Khmer empire, founded in the late 9th century by Yasovarman I (889-901). The city was sacked in 1431 by invaders from the Ayutthaya kingdom, and was abandoned except for the temple of Angkor Wat, which remained a Buddhist shrine.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Pleiades
Source and reuse
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Research path
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