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The Khmer Empire's Sudden Collapse Explained — Fexingo History
Fexingo
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Iron Trap Garage Podcast
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History for the Curious - The Jewish History Podcast
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The Down South Salvation Podcast
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Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada
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The Frommer's Travel Show
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Psychedelic Chill Music Podcast
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Entrez dans l'Histoire
RTL
RTL Stories
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Toute l'actualité en temps réel avec Europe 1
Europe 1
Modern Classical Music Podcast
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Les grands dossiers de l'Histoire par Franck Ferrand
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The Security Nexus Deep Dive
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History
Fexingo
Lucas and Luna explore a rarely discussed factor in Angkor's decline: the collapse of the Khmer bronze industry. Drawing on recent archaeological surveys and inscriptions like K. 258, they trace how the kingdom's relianc...
After the Khmer Empire's collapse, Angkor was not abandoned overnight. This episode follows the slow, strange process by which the jungle reclaimed the greatest city of Southeast Asia. We trace how Theravada Buddhist mon...
In this episode, Lucas and Luna examine the K. 1050 stela, a black stone inscription discovered in the 20th century that challenges the traditional narrative of Angkor's collapse. They explore how this text, written in O...
At the heart of Angkor Thom stands a statue that has puzzled historians for centuries: the Leper King. Carved from a single block of sandstone, its identity is a mystery. Was it a portrait of a Khmer king afflicted with ...
Angkor was not just a city — it was a physical mandala of the cosmos, built to mirror Mount Meru and sustain the devaraja cult. But when the Theravada Buddhist worldview replaced the old Hindu-Buddhist synthesis, the ent...
Lucas and Luna dive into the water engineering crisis that doomed the Khmer Empire. Ancient Angkor depended on a massive hydraulic system of barays, canals, and reservoirs. But by the 14th century, deforestation and silt...
Lucas and Luna explore the South Gate of Angkor Thom, one of the most iconic and mysterious structures of the Khmer Empire. Built by Jayavarman VII in the late 12th century, the gate features a towering face of Avalokite...
In the early 14th century, a mysterious black stone yoni — the sacred symbol of the goddess Uma — vanished from Wat Preah Thong, a temple just outside Angkor Thom. Who took it, and why? This episode traces the trail from...
How did the Khmer Empire's love of luxury items like coral, ivory, and rhinoceros horn contribute to its collapse? In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the role of maritime trade taxes—specifically the 'coral tax' lev...
In 1430, as the Ayutthayan army encircled Yasodharapura, the Khmer defenders made a desperate stand at a single rope bridge over the Siem Reap River. This episode follows the forgotten battle of Preah Dak, where a Cham m...
In the final decades of the Khmer Empire, a mysterious figure appears in the stone carvings of Angkor Wat: a high priest feeding sarus cranes on a lotus pond. Known only from inscriptions and Chinese records, this priest...
Lucas and Luna explore a lesser-known theory for the Khmer Empire's collapse: biological warfare and water contamination. In 1431, as Ayutthayan forces besieged Yasodharapura, did they intentionally poison the city's res...
In this episode, Lucas and Luna delve into the reign of Jayavarman VII, the Khmer king who transformed Angkor after a devastating Cham invasion in 1177. They explore his dramatic rise, his ambitious building projects—inc...
Episode 112 of our Khmer Empire series explores the religious earthquake that may have done more to bring down Angkor than any invading army. While earlier episodes examined drought, trade disruption, and military defeat...
While drought and invasion are often blamed for Angkor's collapse, a lesser-known crisis may have been equally devastating: salt. This episode explores how the Khmer Empire's inland location left it dangerously dependent...
In 1431, the Khmer capital Yasodharapura fell to Ayutthaya after a six-month siege. But the final blow wasn't a breach in the walls—it was betrayal from within. This episode tells the story of a shadowy figure: a Chinese...
We explore the often-overlooked 15th-century Thai (Siamese) rebellion that fatally weakened the Khmer Empire before Ayutthaya's final sack of Angkor in 1431. While historians often blame climate change or water mismanage...
When you think of Angkor's collapse, you probably think of drought, invasion, or religious upheaval. But what if the key was one massive engineering failure that cascaded into catastrophe? In this episode, Lucas and Luna...
When Angkor fell to Ayutthaya in 1431, the story didn't end. In this episode, Lucas and Luna look at the years immediately after the sack — a messy, undocumented period that most history books skip. They piece together c...
Long before European traders reached Southeast Asia, a Chinese merchant named Xue Cheng recorded his journey through the dying Khmer Empire in the 1430s. His observations — preserved in the Ming shi lu and local gazettee...
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