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The Kingdom of Cambodia is located in Southern Asia of the southern part of Indochina, covers an area of 181,035 square kilometers, and has a population of 14.8 millions with respecting the major religion of Theravada Buddhist (97%) and other ethnics like Vietnamese, Chinese, Cham, accompanied by several hill tribes in the northeast country.
For the long period of Cambodia was started, nobody else be sure that when did people live, but with a carbon-l4 dating from a cave in northwestern Cambodia suggests that people using stone tools lived in the cave as early as 4000 BC, and rice has been grown on Cambodian soil since well before the 1st century AD. The first Cambodians likely arrived long before either of these dates. They probably migrated from the north, although nothing known about their language or their way of life. By the beginning of the 1st century AD, Chinese traders began to report the existence of inland and coastal in Cambodia.
The history of Cambodia began in the first century A.D with the establishment of a State called Funan. Funan is still renowned as being the oldest Indianized State in the whole of Southeast Asia. Modern day Khmer customs and language evolved from this period.
Sanskrit, which is part of the Mon Khmer family dialect, was the written and spoken language of that time. The officially known religion began with Hinduism, which over the years evolved into Buddhism. Distinct characteristics of that period remain today. These features can be recognized in ancient buildings, and ancient farming methods,country clothing.
Cambodia's modem-day culture has its roots in the 1st to 6th centuries in a state referred to as Funan that gave way to the Angkor Empire with the rise to power of King Jayavarman II in 802. The following 600 years saw powerful Khmer kings dominate much of present day Southeast Asia, from the borders of Myanmar east to the South China Sea and north to Laos. It was during the period that there are more than two thousands of temples were built in the almost whole country. A special one, Angkor Wat temple is the most famous, built by King Suryavarman II, Bayon temple by King Jayavarman VII and Preah Vihear temple by three of kings which under watching of the World Heritage.
The State of Funan was situated in what is known today as the southern province of and lasted for a period of 600 years. This dynasty gave way to the powerful Angkor Empire that was eventually responsible for establishing the Khmer Kingdom, this empire covered much of South East Asia, as we know it today. The territory stretched from Burma, which lies east, to the South China Sea and further north, right up to Laos.
From than today, Cambodia governs many regimes like ; Funan, Chenla, Angkor, Chaktomok, Longvek, Oudong, French Colony, Sangkom Reas Niyom "Modern State", Khmer Republic, Democratic Kampuchea "Pol Pot Regime", and now the Government conduct democracy.
Cambodia nowadays, occupies only a small corner of the Khmer Empire that extended over a large part of Southeast Asia from the 9th to 14th century. Cambodia is once again a peaceful and the most attractive place to visit in Asia; thousand of ancient temples, colonial building, unspoiled natural resource, white sand beach, hill trip, rice field, national park, zoo, a big lake of fresh river in Southeast Asia and many other re-creative resorts ,
Phnom Penh is the capital of Cambodia, which is the heart of Government Constitutional Monarchy conducting. Tourism, Clothing, Rice, Rubber and many other industrial productions especially paddy are the main economics sectors for exporting. For the gateway from international dial code is (+855) and internet domain (.kh).
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