History of Cambodia

A Captivating Guide to Cambodian History, Including Events Such as the Rise and Decline of the Khmer Empire, Siege of Angkor, Cambodian-Vietnamese War, and Cambodian Civil War

De: Captivating History

Narrado por: Jason Zenobia

If you want to discover the captivating history of Cambodia, then pay attention...

Did you know that Cambodia is home to Angkor Wat, the world’s largest religious building?

In 2009, a Cambodian historian took several walking tours of the war-ravaged country. He took photos, and one shows a discarded broken Buddhist statue lying in the green grasses beneath his feet. The artifact possibly dates back to the 1st century CE. Yet it lay there abandoned, instead of being housed in an honored place inside a glass cabinet in a museum. Scholars bemoan the fact that the deeds and even the names of Cambodian kings from its early times have faded like ghosts into the ethereal world of unwritten history.

However, what is ensconced in glass cabinets in Cambodian museums are the many skulls of those who were executed by one of the most brutal regimes in the history of the world. Cambodia, or, as it was once known, Kampuchea, is a beautiful country, replete with an incredibly wondrous system of canals. But its history has been marked by the Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot, which brought the nation to its knees. Although it has risen from the ashes of genocide, it is still facing a major crisis today.

Travel back in time to learn about Cambodia’s past, one that was greatly influenced by various religions. For centuries, their beleaguered country was the battleground of many countries other than their own, and during the 20th century, their own men turned on each other.

In this audiobook, you will discover:

• Cambodian prehistory
• The early kings of Cambodia
• Religious and regional influences
• The rise and fall of the Khmer Empire
• The Khmer Rouge and the Cambodian Civil War
• The Cambodian genocide
• Cambodia today
• And more

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about the History of Cambodia. Buy this audiobook today!

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Helpful resource

Good overview of the history of Cambodia which will assist us as we travel there.

Exellent overview

Excellent overview of a very complex history. A great start to understanding this fascinating country to prepare for a visit.

To the point.

To the point. An important background introduction to Cambodia if you’re planning to live there.

A Succinct Summary of Cambodian History for Visitors

I searched to find a short audiobook that could provide me with some background prior to a visit to Cambodia. This audiobook fulfilled that niche. I now feel prepared to better understand the people and the country of Cambodia.

La forma ordenada en que narra la historia y los detalles de la misma.

Me gusto la forma detallada en que narra la historia de Camboya ya que recoge la mayoría de las épocas en la historia del país.

An amazing history and lagacy

I would like to say at the outset that my ratings are a bit lower than I would have like to give to the book owing to some technical issues that I have reported to the publisher. If these are corrected, I'll edit my ratings and review. Nothing too bad but enough to note in this review.

This audiobook was really very interesting and gave be a much broader sense of the history and origins of Cambodia beyond what I knew from the Vietnam war, the iconic Angkor Wat, the Khmer Rouge, and the mass emigration in the '80s of many Cambodians.

It's amazing to get the full sweep of history from early settlements and various kingdoms and then the development of the Khmer Empire. The Angkor complex was once a thriving and sprawling seat of power with complex irrigation and development. Remnants still survive but it must have been amazing back at its peak.

Just as eye-opening were the stories of the various wars and interactions with other south-eastern Asian kingdoms and empires and with China. It was quite a journey through so many different phase of war and peace. It made it all the more tragic to relive the terrible Khmer Rouge dictatorship and the terrible atrocities committed.

Aside from a few issues (as mentioned) this is a very good book and I enjoyed it and learned much from it.

Centuries of turmoil in Cambodia

Short, high level overview of a long period of time. Good introduction to a complicated past.

waste of money

This might as well be a summary of Wikipedia. can get the same information for free there. For a country that has a long history, this book skims everything thing nit the most recent part.