Angkorian History

I went to the Banteay Srey temple for the first time this year. This temple is so beautiful and so intricately carved. The temples of Angkor were all built between 800-1200. This is when The civilisation was at it's peak! The kingdom bordered with China on the North and included Thailand on the West. Since Thailand left, there has been a lot of war over the area. So much so, that in the 1800s, Cambodia asked France to help. They did, and Cambodia was a colony of France until the mid 1900's. Since France left, the country has been ridden with civil war, that did not completely end until the 90's. There was a civil war going on when the Khmer Rouge attacked, followed by the attack of Viet Nam. During the 10 years that Viet Nam controlled Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge still had strong holds in some area. For them, the Khmer Rouge was not over until the 90's. People continued to lose their lives while the battles lived on. Now, is the time to rebuild and recover. Cambodia got loans in the early 21st century to build, but with the global economy, banks had to halt the building after it had begun. Many buildings were started, but never finished.