5. The Khmer Empire - Fall of the God Kings

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Deep in the Cambodian Jungle, a ruined city crumbles among the roots of banyan trees.

In this episode, we look at the Khmer Empire of medieval Cambodia, and the ancient mega-city of Angkor. I want to explore how this great civilization rose to a size and wealth virtually unprecedented in the world, how it overcame the challenges of its climate and landscape, and all the factors that led to its final, dramatic collapse.


Credits:

Sound engineering by Thomas Ntinas

Voice Actors:

Rhy Brignell
Lou Millington
Sebastian Garbacz

Music by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: incompetech.com/

Title theme: Home At Last by John Bartmann. https://johnbartmann.com/

** Special thanks to Tom Chandler, Brent McKee, Mike Yeates and Chandara Ung of SensiLab, Monash University Faculty of IT for kindly sharing their digital recreations of ancient Angkor. **

View their project here:

Project website: https://www.virtualangkor.com/

Simulating 24 hours at Medieval Angkor Wat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&amp=&v=4kU1TSLkMEk&amp=&feature=emb_logo