Angkor and the Khmer Civilization
Angkor and the Khmer Civilization by Michael D. Coe, published by Thames & Hudson in 2003, is a reprint edition comprising 240 pages in English. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the Khmer Empire, which thrived from AD 802 for over five centuries, highlighting its architectural achievements, including the monumental Angkor Wat, the largest religious structure in the world. Coe explores the empire’s rich cultural history, detailing the construction of various provincial centers and the impressive road systems that connected them across regions such as Cambodia, northeastern Thailand, southern Laos, and southern Vietnam.
Readers will find a detailed account of Khmer civilization, tracing its development from the Stone Age to the establishment of the French Protectorate in 1863. The book incorporates the latest archaeological findings to illustrate the society and culture of Angkor, while also addressing the transition of the Khmer people to a different form of Buddhism and the shift of the capital to the Phnom Penh area. Lavishly illustrated with maps, plans, drawings, and photographs, this edition serves as a valuable resource for those interested in social science and archaeology, offering insights into the enduring legacy of the Khmer Empire.
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The classic-period Khmer kings ruled over their part-Hindu and part-Buddhist empire from AD 802 for more than five centuries. This period saw the construction of many architectural masterpieces, including the huge capital city of Angkor, with the awe-inspiring Angkor Wat, the world’s largest religious structure. Numerous other provincial centers, bound together by an impressive imperial road system, were scattered across the Cambodian Plain, northeast Thailand, southern Laos, and the Delta of southern Vietnam. Khmer civilization by no means disappeared with the gradual abandonment of Angkor that began in the fourteenth century, and the book’s final chapter describes the conversion of the Khmer to a different kind of Buddhism, the move of the capital downriver to the Phnom Penh area, and the reorientation of the Khmer state to maritime trade.
Angkor and the Khmer Civilization presents a concise but complete picture of Khmer cultural history from the Stone Age until the establishment of the French Protectorate in 1863, and is lavishly illustrated with maps, plans, drawings, and photographs. Drawing on the latest archaeological research, Michael D. Coe brings to life Angkor’s extraordinary society and culture.
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