[Renfield]

Angkor Wat ping.

[RightWhale]

We like pictures of ancient cities even though it eats our limited bandwidth.

[SIDENET]

Radar reveals vast medieval Cambodian city

"It's true."

[SunkenCiv]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880693/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880781/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880891/posts

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Renfield. [singing] "This is number four 'bout the town of Wat Angkor..."

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[Sherman Logan]

Deforestation, over population, topsoil erosion and degradation with subsequent sedimentation or flooding could have been disastrous for the medieval population, he said.

OTOH, it is at least as likely that the Thais and Vietnamese had something to do with the collapse of Khmer civilization.

The insistence of so many modern historians on blaming everything on environmental factors tells us a lot more about what is fashionable today than it does about the past.