SkillBuilder discussion Historical significance 1. Examine the important buildings and temples on the map. Discuss the construction cost, including the people, materials and resources needed. 2. Do you think the cost of building such great temples could have contributed to Angkor’s decline?
SOURCE3 Rows of Angkor relief sculptures
8.8 SkillBuilder activity USING HISTORICAL SOURCES Read SOURCE4 carefully and make notes on anything that can help you answer the questions that follow.
SOURCE4 The following extracts are from Alison K. Carter and others, Temple occupation and the tempo of collapse at AngkorWat , Cambodia, PNAS, 2019. Their conclusions are based on excavations and carbon dating. [Angkor Wat] was initially in use from the 11th century CE with subsequent habitation until the 13th century CE. Following this period there is a gap in our dates. However, Angkor Wat was never completely abandoned, as the dates suggest that the mounds were in use again in the late 14th–early 15th centuries until the 17th or 18th centuries CE. This break in dates points toward a reorganization of Angkor Wat’s enclosure space, but not during the historically recorded fifteenth century collapse. ... Angkor’s demise has been conventionally dated to 1431 CE, when Thai chronicles state that the city was attacked by the neighbouring [Thai] kingdom of Ayutthaya and the elites and royals fled south to settle near the modern city of Phnom Penh. ... In fact, increasing evidence supports the interpretation that the decline of the Angkorian state was prolonged and [complicated].
1. a. Identify over what centuries Angkor Wat was used before there was a gap in its use. b. Identify over what second period it was used. c. Explain what this research says about the conventional theory that Angkor collapsed soon after it was attacked by Ayutthaya. 2. Compose a brief paragraph explaining the changes that occurred to Angkor Wat as outlined in the source.
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