the ancient megAcity

This is for our assignment...

first I want to introduce about Angkor Wat.

The word of Angkor Wat is derived Sanskrit,an ancient Indian language of "Nagara"which means city -Angkor Wat literally means "City of Temple"..

For Bayon is well known and richly decorated Khmer temple at Angkor Wat.The Bayon's is most distinctive feature is the maltitude of serene and massive stone faces in the many towers which jut out from the upper terrace cluster around the central park..

Khmer enemies is KHIEU SAMPHON..

Reason for the fall of the Khmer empire because of Introduction of Theravada Buddhism in 13th century to the Khmer had turned out to hurt sublimely the basic foundation of the Angkor Empire.Therarada Buddhism taught the people to seek self-enlightment ,abandon worldly things and discourage superstition belief which directly or indirectly means all deities and all evils.The sovereign of the Angkorian monarch as a god-king or dewa-raja was basically challenged..

Angkor Wat Survive by collecting water from rivers for agriculture as well as draining and reserving water from the monsoon season. Storing the water helped as the area only had two seasons,dry and rainy. During the rainy season,water would be collected to prevent flooding and to provide irrigation for crops during the dry seasons..

Until now,have people do not know who the person which built Angkor Wat. Actually the person who built Angkor Wat is King Suryavarman II and dedicated to Vishnu(Hindu)..

Next,Chou Ta-kuan is a Chinese Official person who sent by his emperor on a reporting mission to the Kingdom of Khmer..

What contributed the rise of Angkor. First the adaption of Indian doctrines of Dewa-Raja or God king. Strategic location for example sailing upstream from the Mekong River..

The Khmer cultivate rice two or three times in a year,resulting in its prosperity..