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| Preface | |
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| Chronological Table | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The age of 'discovery' | |
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| The Mekong Exploration Commission | |
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| The age of EFEO | |
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| The ancient Khmer Empire | |
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| The rebirth of Khmer archaeology | |
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| Periods | |
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| The Setting | |
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| The Lower Mekong Basin | |
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| The regions | |
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| Flora and fauna | |
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| Rice: the Khmer staff of life | |
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| Peoples and Languages | |
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| Cambodian genesis | |
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| The peopling of Southeast Asia | |
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| Languages: the big picture | |
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| The Khmer language | |
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| Writing | |
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| Who are the Khmer? | |
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| The Khmer Before History | |
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| Hunters and gatherers | |
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| The Early Farming period | |
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| The diffusion of rice and village life | |
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| Iron Age chiefdoms (c. 500 BC to c. AD 200-500) | |
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| The circular earthworks puzzle | |
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| The 'red soils' earthworks | |
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| Rock paintings | |
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| The Khmer before the great transformation | |
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| Winds of Change: The Early Kingdoms Period | |
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| 'Funan' and 'Zhenla' | |
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| The Delta chiefdoms | |
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| Hands across the sea | |
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| Indianization | |
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| Oc Eo and early maritime contacts | |
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| From chiefdoms to kingdoms | |
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| Angkor Borei | |
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| Sambor Prei Kuk | |
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| Banteay Prei Nokor | |
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| Wat Phu | |
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| The bronzes of Prakhon Chai | |
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| Special section: Hinduism | |
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| Special section: Buddhism | |
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| The Classic Angkor Period: From Kingdom to Empire | |
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| The founding of the Khmer Empire | |
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| Special section: Dynastic succession in Cambodia | |
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| Hariharalaya: a proto-Angkor | |
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| The 'Glory-bearing City': the founding of Angkor | |
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| Interlude at Koh Ker | |
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| Disruption and rebirth | |
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| Special section: Banteay Srei | |
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| 'Protected by the Sun': the triumph of Suryavarman | |
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| The Baphuon and the building of Phimai | |
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| Suryavarman II, builder of Angkor Wat | |
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| Special section: Angkor Wat | |
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| Disaster | |
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| Rebirth of the empire: Jayavarman VII | |
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| Reaction and iconoclasm | |
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| On the eve | |
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| The Life and Culture of Classic Angkor | |
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| The sources | |
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| The divisions of Classic Khmer society | |
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| Administration of the city and empire | |
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| Law and order in ancient Angkor | |
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| The economy | |
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| Communications and transportation | |
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| Architecture and the building trade | |
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| Arts and crafts | |
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| Daily life in ancient Angkor | |
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| Entertainment and the performing arts | |
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| Classic Khmer ritual life | |
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| Warfare and the military | |
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| Thought and culture in Classic Angkor | |
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| Angkor: city and state | |
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| The Post-Classic Period: Decline and Transformation | |
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| The collapse of Classic Angkor | |
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| The sources | |
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| Theravada Buddhism and its meaning for Cambodia | |
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| Angkor as a Theravada Buddhist complex | |
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| Geopolitics | |
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| The course of Post-Classic history | |
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| Post-Classic society and administration | |
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| Trade and commerce | |
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| Post-Classic warfare | |
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| The art of the Post-Classic | |
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| Mental life in Post-Classic Cambodia | |
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| Epilogue | |
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| Rulers of the Khmer | |
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| Visiting Angkor | |
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| Notes to the Text | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Sources of Illustrations | |
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| Index | |