History | |
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Builder | Yasovarman I |
Founded | 802 AD |
Abandoned | 1431 AD |
Periods | Middle ages |
Why was Angkor Wat abandoned the city of God Kings?
Angkor, the great medieval city located near the Tonlé Sap (the “Great Lake”) in northwestern Cambodia, was abandoned by Khmer rulers in the fifteenth century in an effort to find a capital that could be more easily defended against the expansionistic Thais.