Cambodia History

THE CAMBODIA PRE-HISTORY   Prehistoric Cambodia is sparsely known. The earliest known site in Cambodia is Laang Spean cave which occupies the country’s northwest region.…

CAMBODIA ANGKOR ERA Bayon Temple, Angkor Thom The giant faces carved on the Bayon temple at the Angkor Thum complex in northwestern Cambodia represent both…

THE KHMER KINGDOM The first civilization of Cambodia existed from the 1st to 6th century in a State called Funan. In that time, trades became…

THE OVERVIEW OF CAMBODIA HISTORY The history of Cambodia began in the first century A.D with the establishment of a State called Funan. Funan is…

  CAMBODIA DARK AGE This map of Southeast Asia in the mid-16th century shows the major centers of power in the region prior to the…

THE FRENCH DOMINATION PERIOD Phnom Penh, as planned by the French, came to resemble a town in provincial France. By the second half of the…

THE ADMINISTRATION OF SIHANOU As a result of the Geneva Conference on Indochina, Cambodia was able to bring about the withdrawal of the Viet Minh…

THE KHMER REPUBLIC & WAR: 1970 – 1975 In March 1970, while Prince Sihanouk was absent, General Lon Nol deposed Prince Sihanouk in a coup…

THE KHMER ROUGE / RED KHMER PERIOD Immediately after its victory, the CPK ordered the evacuation of all cities and towns, sending the entire urban…

 THE CAMBODIA MODERN STATE On October 23, 1991, the Paris Conference reconvened to sign a comprehensive settlement giving the UN full authority to supervise a…

THE VIETNAM PROTECTION Vietnam established a satellite regime called the People’s Republic of Kampuchea (PRK) in January 1979. The new government included many former members…

THE RECENT DEVELOPMENT IN CAMBODIA In September 1989, as the Cold War ended and Soviet financing of the Vietnamese forces in Cambodia fell sharply, Vietnam…