SOURCE3 The Ponagar Towers in Nha Trang, Vietnam, were built by the Chams between the seventh and twelfth centuries CE. They are the best-preserved relics of the Champa civilisation, which was often at war with the Khmer Empire.
SOURCE4 This Buddhist chedhi (tower) in northern Thailand is believed to have been built around 1100 CE.
People and environment of Angkor The Khmer homeland, Cambodia, receives an enormous amount of rain during its six-month-long wet season, but almost none during its dry season. The lack of water in dry season meant that settlement was possible only along the rivers. From the ninth century, vast reservoirs were built at Angkor. Over the following centuries, a complicated system of moats and canals was built. The Khmer were able to produce three rice crops each year. This made it possible to feed a large population and to provide the surplus needed to build and maintain Angkor’s great temples.
DID YOU KNOW? The earliest South-East Asian civilisation was the Hindu state of Srivijaya, based on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Between the sixth and thirteenth centuries, Srivijaya was a trading empire that controlled the Strait of Malacca. Its sailors travelled between India and China exchanging goods from as far as Persia for Chinese silks and porcelains.
8.3 SkillBuilder activity CHRONOLOGY 1. Create a table with a column for each of the below: Malays Khmers Mons Chams Tais Vietnamese 2. For each of the peoples listed, find the following information and add it to the table. a. Where they came from
b. When they settled in South-East Asia c. Where they settled in South-East Asia
3. Using the information from your table, create a timeline to demonstrate your understanding of where Malays, Khmers, Mons, Chams, Tais and Vietnamese came from and when and where they settled in South-East Asia.
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