Makes you wonder why they abandoned those great cities?
I’ve heard it said that those elements of Khmer history—the canals and water control—were actually blown far out of proportion by the French in the colonial years, and that this false grasp of a “lost glory” was the reason why the Khmer Rouge were so obsessed with building dams, canals and other waterways...even though they had no clue what they were doing and killed anybody they could find who did.
GGG ping.
Fascinating stuff.
Wonder to what extent the Khmer were in touch with India...
Interesting.
during the period in question, there were great communities in America that are now gone. Cahokia on the Mississippi river was larger than any European city of it’s day
The period from 900 to 1300 experienced a global blooming of mankind.