High Middle Ages · Southeast Asia · War
1177
Cham invasion sacks Angkor
1177
A Cham war fleet sailed boldly up the Tonle Sap lake and launched a devastating surprise attack on the Khmer capital, sacking the temples and palaces of Angkor and killing the reigning king. The catastrophe, unthinkable to a civilization that had dominated mainland Southeast Asia for three centuries, would ultimately galvanize the future king Jayavarman VII to rebuild the empire on an even grander and more ambitious scale.
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Also in 1177 (4 other events on record)
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Era
High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.