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The Kingdom of Cambodia, [a] also known as the First Kingdom of Cambodia, [b] and commonly referred to as the Sangkum period, [c] refers to Norodom Sihanouk's first administration of Cambodia, lasting from the country's independence from France in 1953 to a military coup d'état in 1970.
The Khmer Empire was a Hindu-Buddhist empire in Southeast Asia, centered around hydraulic cities in what is now northern Cambodia.Known as Kambuja (Old Khmer: កម្វុជ; Khmer: កម្ពុជ) by its inhabitants, it grew out of the former civilization of Chenla and lasted from 802 to 1431.
The Kingdom of Cambodia is the official English name of the country. The English Cambodia is an anglicisation of the French Cambodge, which in turn is the French transliteration of the Khmer កម្ពុជា (Kâmpŭchéa, pronounced).
A weak Khmer kingdom only encouraged the strategists in Ayutthaya (later in Bangkok) and in Huế. Attacks on and conquests of Khmer royal residences left sovereigns without a ceremonial and legitimate power base. [16] [17] Interference in succession and marriage policies added to the decay of royal prestige. Oudong was established in 1601 as ...
The Khmer people's founding legend centers around an Indian kurmi or prince named Preah Tqhaong in Khmer, dhruv in Sanskrit and Hun-t’ien in Chinese records, who marries the local ruler's daughter, a Naga princess named Nagi Soma (Lieu-Ye in Chinese records), thus establishing the first Cambodian royal dynasty. [22]
The Khmer Rouge allied with Sihanouk captured Phnom Penh and declared the establishment of Kingdom of Cambodia. 1976: 2 April: Sihanouk exiled and establishment of Democratic Kampuchea under total Khmer Rouge control. 1977: 31 December: Cambodia broke relations with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. 1979: 7 January
"$1 million royal gift for Kantha Bopha" in Khmer Times Archived 12 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine "Cambodia marks beginning of farming season with royal ploughing ceremony" in Xinhuanet "Cambodian king, PM wrap up annual Water Festival" in Xinhuanet "The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia" (PDF). World Intellectual Property ...
The Khmer kingdom became the Khmer Empire and the great temples of Angkor, considered an archeological treasure replete with detailed stone bas-reliefs showing many aspects of the culture, including some musical instruments, remain as monuments to the culture of the Cambodia.