Angkor City is a region of Cambodia that functioned as the seat of the Khmer Empire, which grew from around the 9th to 15th centuries. The term Angkor comes from the Sanskrit ‘nagara’, which means "city". The Angkorian period began in AD 802 with the Khmer Hindu monarch Jayavarman II proclaiminghimself a "universal monarch" and "god-king".It continued through to 1351, whenthe core of the city fell under the attack of Ayutthayan Troops. By1431Ayutthayanrebels sacked the Khmer capital, resulting in its inhabitants emigratingsouth to Longvek.
The Angkor region is situated in the midst of jungles and farmland to the northof the ‘Great Lake’ (Tonle Sap) and south of the Kulen Mountains. It is close to modern-day Siem Reap and is therefore a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The temples of the Angkor region number more than one thousand, ranging in scale from nondescript heaps of brick stones in rice fields to the grandeur of Angkor Wat, considered the world's biggest solitary spiritual monument. Most of the temples in the Angkor region have been restored, and collectively they form the most important site of Khmer architecture and are visitedby almost 2 million people every year.
In 2007, a major international group of researchers utilized satellite photographs and various modern technology in deciphering that Angkor City had been the biggest preindustrial town on the globe.It had a sophisticated system of infrastructure connecting a metropolitan sprawl for at least 1,000 square kilometres (390 sq mi) to the famous temples at its center. The nearest competitor to Angkor, the Mayan city of Tikal in Guatemala, was between 100 and 150 square kms (39 and 58 sq mi). Even though its population remains a subject of study and discussion, recently determined agricultural systems within the Angkor region might have supported approximately a million people.
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