Angkor Wat

Angkor Wat Angkor  ( Khmer :  អង្គរ   [ʔɑŋkɔː] ,  lit.  'Capital city'), also known as  Yasodharapura  ( Khmer :  យសោធរបុរៈ ;  Sanskrit :  यशोधरपुर ), [1] [2]  was the capital city of the  Khmer Empire . The city and empire flourished from approximately the 9th to the 15th centuries. The city houses the  Angkor Wat , one of Cambodia's most popular tourist attractions. The name  Angkor  is derived from  nokor  ( នគរ ), a  Khmer  word meaning "kingdom" which in turn derived from  Sanskrit   nagara  ( नगर ), meaning "city". [3]  The Angkorian period began in AD 802, when the  Khmer   Hindu  monarch  Jayavarman II  declared himself a "universal monarch" and " god-king ", and lasted until the late 14th century, first falling under  Ayutthayan  suzerainty in 1351. A Khmer rebellion against Siamese authority resulted in the 1431 sacking of Angkor...