Late Middle Ages · Southeast Asia · War

1431

Ayutthaya Sacks Angkor

1431

The Siamese king Borommaracha II marched into the Khmer capital, carried off its dancers and Brahmins, and left the city's million-stone temples to the jungle. The Khmer court fled south to Phnom Penh; Angkor Wat, one of humanity's greatest architectural achievements, was abandoned to the bats and the banyan roots.

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Before and after in Southeast Asia

Before: 1428: Le Loi Founds the Later Le Dynasty
After: 1436: Khmer Capital Moves to Phnom Penh

Before and after in War

Before: May 23, 1430: Joan of Arc Captured at Compiegne
After: 1433: Tuareg Sack Timbuktu

Era

Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Fall of Angkor