tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85603072406815105562023-11-16T03:46:30.850-08:00Touristic Sites In CambodiaHort Sroeuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05984440274683974412noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560307240681510556.post-89255537603031866442019-12-20T00:02:00.000-08:002019-12-20T00:02:34.076-08:00Ta Prohm Temple and Tonle Bati<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="userContent">Down National Route 2, only 30 kilmetres from
Phnom Penh, this area provides the chance both to visit a beautiful
temple and enjoy a typical Khmer picnic nearby. The turnoff f<span class="text_exposed_show">rom
Phnom Penh is marked by a large picture of a ruin. There is an entry
fee. Built by King Jayavarman VII (of Angkor Wat fame) in the 13th
century, Ta Prohm temple is a small but impressive lateritic and
sandstone structure. About 300 meters away is the second, smaller
temple, Yey Peo. Further down the road are picnic huts on stills in the
shallows of Tonle Bati lake. These huts can be rented and meals of
chicken, frog and other delicacies brought to you. Check prices first.
Like most popular tourist spots, it maybe a little more expensive than
Phnom Penh.</span></span></div>
Hort Sroeuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05984440274683974412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560307240681510556.post-47420957944915706842014-02-17T19:37:00.001-08:002020-11-24T19:29:42.756-08:00Ta Prohm Temple and Tonle Bati<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="userContent">Down National Route 2, only 30 kilmetres from
Phnom Penh, this area provides the chance both to visit a beautiful
temple and enjoy a typical Khmer picnic nearby. The turnoff f<span class="text_exposed_show">rom
Phnom Penh is marked by a large picture of a ruin. There is an entry
fee. Built by King Jayavarman VII (of Angkor Wat fame) in the 13th
century, Ta Prohm temple is a small but impressive lateritic and
sandstone structure. About 300 meters away is the second, smaller
temple, Yey Peo. Further down the road are picnic huts on stills in the
shallows of Tonle Bati lake. These huts can be rented and meals of
chicken, frog and other delicacies brought to you. Check prices first.
Like most popular tourist spots, it maybe a little more expensive than
Phnom Penh.</span></span></div>
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Hort Sroeuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05984440274683974412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560307240681510556.post-70007271124612625952013-09-03T20:38:00.002-07:002013-09-03T20:38:13.898-07:00The Perfect Siem Reap Holiday – Ta Prohm Temple<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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1186 A.D., Jayavarman VII embarked on a massive program of construction
and public works. Rajavihara ("monestary of the king"), today known as
Ta Prohm ("ancestor Brahma"), was one of the first temples founded
pursuant to that program. The stele commemorating the foundation gives a
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his family. The temple's main image, representing Prajnaparamita, the
personification of wisdom, was modelled on the king's mother. The
northern and southern satellite temples in the third enclosure were
dedicated to the king's guru and his elder brother respectively. As
such, Ta Prohm formed a complementary pair with the temple monastery of
Preah Khan, dedicated in 1191 A.D., the main image of which represented
the Bodhisattva of compassion Lokesvara and was modelled on the king's
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<span class="text_exposed_show"> The temple's stele records that the site was home to more
than 12,500 people (including 18 high priests and 615 dancers), with an
additional 800,000 souls in the surrounding villages working to provide
services and supplies. The stele also notes that the temple amassed
considerable riches, including gold, pearls and silks. Expansions and
additions to Ta Prohm continued as late as the rule of Srindravarman at
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After the fall of the Khmer Empire in the 17th century, the temple of Ta
Prohm was abandoned and neglected for centuries. When the effort to
conserve and restore the temples of Angkor began in the early 21st
century, the École française d'Extrême-Orient decided that Ta Prohm
would be left largely as it had been found, as a "concession to the
general taste for the picturesque." According to pioneering Angkor
scholarMaurice Glaize, Ta Prohm was singled out because it was "one of
the most imposing [temples] and the one which had best merged with the
jungle, but not yet to the point of becoming a part of it".Nevertheless,
much work has been done to stabilize the ruins, to permit access, and
to maintain "this condition of apparent neglect."</span></div>
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Archaeological Survey of India has restored most parts of the temple
complex some of which have been constructed from scratch. Wooden
walkways, platforms and roped railings have been put in place around the
site to protect the monument from further damages due to the large
tourist inflow.</span></div>
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Hort Sroeuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05984440274683974412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560307240681510556.post-49907613845813283312013-08-21T02:02:00.002-07:002013-08-21T02:02:56.852-07:00Phnom Penh City Tour including the Silver Pagoda<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Explore Phnom Penh on this full-day private
tour, takes in some of Cambodia's finest pieces of Khmer and French
influences with visits in the morning to the Silver Pagoda and National
Museum. After a tasty lunch, you will visit the Tuol Sleng Museum, a
testament to Cambodia's recent bloody past under Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge
regime.</div>
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<li>Learn about Cambodia's bloody past under Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge regime</li>
<li>Visit the Silver Pagoda, National Museum and Tuol Sleng Museum</li>
<li>Enjoy a delicious lunch</li>
<li>Hotel pickup and drop off by air-conditioned private vehicle</li>
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Private Tour: Phnom Penh City Tour including the Silver Pagoda<br />
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Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, was
a bustling commercial hub during French colonial days and today has
re-established itself as the political and financial center of the
country. Its rich historical past can be traced to the Khmer and French
influence evident in the ornate Khmer-style temples and the grand
colonial buildings and villas. The most obvious examples of this include
the National Museum and the Silver Pagoda which you will visit in the
first part of this tour. After a tasty lunch, take a sobering look at
Cambodia's disturbing past with a visit to the Tuol Sleng Museum, a
testament to Cambodia's recent bloody past under the Khmer Rouge regime.</div>
Hort Sroeuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05984440274683974412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560307240681510556.post-3556422409610167322011-04-26T23:40:00.000-07:002011-04-26T23:43:20.186-07:002. Siem Reap<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="background-color: cyan; color: red; text-align: justify;"><b>2. Siem Reap</b></div><br />
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</div><div style="color: blue; text-align: justify;">Siem Reap can go by national road N0.6 from Phnom Penh. It is a pleasant for tourist and also the country’s number one tourist attraction site because of over hundred temples, Angkor Wat, Archeological sites and other ecotourism site such as Tonle Sap River, bird sanctuary, Kulen Mountain and so on. Beside these, it is a haven of tourists to find relaxable time by staying in luxury hotel, walking at Pup Street, buying souvenir in some popular markets such as Night market, Chas market. In Siem Reap, the tourist can divide a zone to visit such as small round temple, big round temple, northern part, eastern part, southern part and western part: </div><div style="color: blue; text-align: justify;">- Small round temple: Angkor Wat, Ba Kheng mountain, Angkor Thom-Bayon, Ta Prum temple. </div><div style="color: blue; text-align: justify;">- Big round temple: Preah Khan, Neak Pean and Prea Rub temple. Northern part</div><div style="color: blue; text-align: justify;">-Northern: Banteay Srei, Kulen Mountain</div><div style="color: blue; text-align: justify;">-Eastern: Beong Malea temple, Kampong Pluk ecotourism</div><div style="color: blue; text-align: justify;">-Southern: Chong Kneas ecotourism</div><div style="color: blue; text-align: justify;">-Western: West Baray</div><br />
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</script>Hort Sroeuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05984440274683974412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560307240681510556.post-50814352682858427062011-04-21T19:17:00.000-07:002011-04-24T20:49:24.464-07:00I. The most attractive tourist destination in Cambodia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><script type="text/javascript">
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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: red; color: blue; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13pt;">I. The most attractive tourist destination in Cambodia </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13pt;">1</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13pt;">. Phnom Penh</span></b><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: blue; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQcj-o-kLOeGg4gtN5sZzjR3-E3FtVkuNT9F-PlrQW1MElj9OOlbgiAgYH1BbL-bncvlIpnWvcIVlSm90nr8XDfjdMJlKOtg_5xxCbe6hkhcD-y2D86CQGZ9jDXOIJZoio2wDfra_NJ7iJ/s1600/main+tourist+site.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQcj-o-kLOeGg4gtN5sZzjR3-E3FtVkuNT9F-PlrQW1MElj9OOlbgiAgYH1BbL-bncvlIpnWvcIVlSm90nr8XDfjdMJlKOtg_5xxCbe6hkhcD-y2D86CQGZ9jDXOIJZoio2wDfra_NJ7iJ/s320/main+tourist+site.bmp" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: blue; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13pt;">Phnom Penh is the second attractive destination of tourist. It was found in the 15th century, when King Pon Nhea Yat moved away from Angkor area and the Siamese (Thai) invaders. He found a small man-made hill (Phnom), which had been constructed 60 years before by a wealthy woman called Daun Penh. It became the capital with the permanent settlement of the royal family from 1866. Cambodia was almost disappeared after King <a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=8560307240681510556&postID=5081435268285842706" name="OLE_LINK4"></a>Pon Nhea Yat lost the war with Siamese and Viet Namese (Saigon became Vietnamese). In t he middle of the 19<sup>th</sup> century an increasing competition in establishing colonies for trade and resources led to an interest of France in Southeast Asia (in direct rivalry to Great Britain’s establishment in Hong Kong). After taking Viet Nam as colony (Cochin China), it </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13pt;">offered Cambodia a protectorate Treaty in 1863. With Viet Nam as priority, France sent just a few civil servants and very limited financial resources to Cambodia, controlling peasant uprisings etc. A second convention between Cambodia and France, signed in 1884, increased the authority and influence of the colonial power. The first proper town planning has been implemented. The city, stretching from North to South was divided in a series of village, not genuine but ethnic pockets. The central part, today is Thmei market, was the Chinese quarter, a commercial district where the first shop houses have been built. In the north the European quarter developed with administration buildings, schools, and villas. The south, around the royal palace, was the Cambodia district. Malaysians and Chams settled at the other side of the river. From then on Phnom Penh developed as a political and commercial center and became one of the most attractive cities in Southeast Asia. Phnom Penh became a city of independent in 1953, under the leadership of King Norodom Sihanouk. Cambodia was been in peacefully for a while but it was fallen in darkness time in Khmer Rouge/Pol Pot regime 1975 to 1979.</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13pt;">Built in 1958 as a memorial to Cambodia's war dead and to celebrate independence from French colonial, It is designed by the influential Cambodian modern architect Vann Molyvann in the form of a lotus-shaped stupa in the same style seen at the great Khmer temple at Angkor Wat and other Khmer historical sites.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13pt;">-Location: Sisowath Quay, next to Himawary Hotel</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13pt;">-Inaugurated: 1961</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13pt;">-Architect: Vann Molyvann</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13pt;">-No.11, Confederation De La Russia</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13pt;">-Date: 1965-1972</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13pt;">-Architect: Vann Molyvann </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13pt;">It is a last project before leaving Cambodia in 1972</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13pt;">Other activities in Phnom Penh</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13pt;">1. Russian Market (Tuol Tam Poung market)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13pt;">-Location: Along the S.t.163 and St.450</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13pt;">This market became the foreigner’s market during the 1980’s when most of the foreigners in Cambodia were Russians, hence the name ‘Russian Market. It is more varied selection of souvenirs, curios and silks. There are several jewelers and gold-sellers, but it also carries huge selection of curios, silks and carvings, it is one of the best markets in town to buy fabric, and it offers the largest selection of VCDs, DVDs and CDs of the traditional markets. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: lime; font-size: small;"><b>AROUND PHNOM PENH</b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></div><div style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Two on the east entrance and each from the other three directions, implementing on ancient rule of palace construction also seen at Angkor Thom City which was built during the Angkor period. The beautiful building next door and to the south of the Royal Palace, is The Temple of the Emerald Buddha, known to the English as the Silver Pagoda, due to the tiles that cover the floor which are made of pure silver. A total of 5,329 silver tiles, weighting 1,125 kilograms each adorn the floor of this structure. The temple does not serve as a Buddhist Monastery, but is primarily used to display the national treasure, most of which are gifts from the Royal Family and souvenirs from various countries that were once presented as gifts to the king of Cambodia. There are a number of mostly Cambodian treasures on display and the entire building is surrounded by the high galleries that are covered by tile-roofs. On the wall of the galleries there are mural paintings illustrating the Ramayana legend from the beginning to the end. This painting was done around 1903-1904 by famous Khmer artists.</span></span></div><div style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 9px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><b> <span style="background-color: magenta;">Raung Domrel Museum</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 9px; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 9px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Next to the outer of painting galleries, there is the Rung Dorei Museum where visitors can enjoy studying some Khmer customs and tradition lifestyles. Among the items displayed are artifact from Khmer households, a model of a typical Khmer house, silk weaving samples, traditional costumes, a cultural photo exhibition, utensils, silver crafts, and common farming tool etc.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 9px; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 9px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><b> <span style="background-color: cyan;">Independence Monument</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 9px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
</b> A single tower of Angkorian style, standing on the heart of the capital. The independence from France on the 9th November 1953. It from all other structures in the city. The independence Monument's nighttime lighting gives it a magical aura that is striking to see and is worth photographing.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 9px; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 9px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><b> <span style="background-color: cyan;">National Museum</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 9px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="background-color: cyan;"></span><br />
</b> Built in 1920, today this museum stores and displays more than 5,000 Khmer art objects conserved from Angkor era and post- Angkorian art produced until the late colonial era. The artifacts are made of sandstone, bronze, silver, copper, wood, pottery and other art materials. Beside this purpose, the museum is also home to more than two million tomb bats living between the roof and the ceiling. They swarm into the sky startling those unfamiliar as its looks exactly like smoke from a steel factory.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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</b></span> <span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">During the Angkor period, Cambodia was the largest, most powerful and prosperous nation in the Southeast Asia region. The Khmer civilization had reached it peak during the 9th - 13th century AD.</span><br />
</div><div align="justify" style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Evidence of its glory is can be found in the area of land covered by the Khmer Empire, which dominated almost the entirety of Indochina to the Myanmar border in the west. Thousands of Prasats (temples or monuments) were build and decorated with beautiful and priceless ancient sculpture, stunning architecture, and countless stone-inscriptions written in both Khmer and Sanskrit. Other antique items that can be found in the region include infrastructure such as Baray (ancient water reservoirs), irrigation systems, ancient highways and bridges.</span></div><div align="justify" style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px;"><br />
</div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 9px;"><span style="font-size: small;"> All of these achievements were constructed over 800 years ago, during the peak of the Angkor Civilization.</span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 9px;"><br />
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</b><span style="color: blue;">Angkor Wat is the largest and greatest stone-structure temple in the world and took more than 30 years to build. There were 4,000 elephants and some 380,000 men are believed to have contributed their labor to this world-class project. Sandstone, the main material for the construction was transported by elephant from Kulen Mountain, some 47km away from the site. </span></div><div align="justify" style="color: blue; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 9px; text-align: justify;">The great temple of Angkor Wat is remarkable, not only because of its splendid architectural arrangement, but also because of the perfect subordination of the carving to the composition of the whole: the decoration is treated, nearly everywhere, as embellishment which should not hold the eye. As a result, the variety and intensity of the shadows do not break the unity of the simple walls, yet there is ornamentation everywhere - even in the least visible corners.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 9px; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 9px; text-align: justify;">Angkor Wat is the masterpiece of King Suryavarman-II's crown, and is dedicated to Hinduism. It is believed to have also served as a tomb for the King Suryavarman-II (12th century AD).</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 9px; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</b><span style="color: blue;">Nearby, Angkor Thom was once one of the most modern cities in the world. At one time it was populated by nearly 1,000,000 (one million) in habitants. Compare this to 30,000 people in London at around the same time (late 12th century AD). In fact, Angkor was the capital of a self-sufficient nation rich in natural resources and with unique construction techniques. </span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 9px;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div align="justify" style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; margin-left: 20px;">Due to the extensive and ingenious irrigation system, Angkor was able to harvest rice 3-4 times during a calendar year. Rice yields reached 150,000 metric tons within an area of 1000 sq.km; sufficient to feed 800,000 inhabitants, while still leaving 40 percent to supply other areas throughout the kingdom. It is this rice cultivation that supported the Angkor Civilization.</div><br />
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