The Khmer people were one of the most advanced and ingenious civilizations to come out of south east Asia. They prospered from the 9nth to the 14th century in an empire that encompassed all of modern day Cambodia, and parts of Thailand, Laos , and Vietnam. Politically the Khmer were ruled by a series of dynastic absolute monarchies , who presided over the large population base of rice farming and fishing peasants. Many Khmer adopted Hinduism as a faith , due to its proximity and economic connections with India. Khmer rulers sponsored the creation of numerous Hindu and later Buddhist temple complex , the largest and most famous of these being Angkor Wat.
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