Cambodia’s Decline and the Fall of Angkor as Pictured in the Chinese Sources during the Yuan and Early-Middle Ming dynasties (Late XIII - Early XV cc.)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22097809 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ilia Kolnin (0000-0003-0084-0272, Institute of Oriental Studies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 461-484 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | RUDN Journal of World History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2312-8127 • E-ISSN: 2312-833X |
| Publisher | Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (PUBLISHER • RU) |
| DOI | 10.22363/2312-8127-2022-14-4-461-484 |
| OpenAlex | W4313651137 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
The fall of Angkor in the 15th century marked a turning point in the Cambodian history leading to the downfall of the Khmer civilization and the start of the so-called “post-Angkor period” which is also often referred to as the “Dark Age of Cambodia”. Local epigraphical sources almost completely disappear from the 13th up to the 16th centuries while the Royal Chronicles dealing with this timeframe were compiled much later, mostly in the 18th and 19th centuries. Therefore, primary sources of this era are very scarce. While it is commonly accepted among the modern researchers that the fall of Angkor was a continuous process and was not a result of a single Siamese attack or a natural calamity (moreover, various reasons for this gradual downfall have been outlined), the perception of this process by other political powers in the region, especially China, has been significantly understudied. In this work the author made an attempt to trace the transformation of depiction of Cambodia in the Chinese sources of the Yuan and early Ming dynasties (both official and private)
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · China · Civilization · Depiction · Economic history · Fall of man · Literature · Political science · Politics · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Cambodian History and Society · History · Law · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
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Climate as a contributing factor in the demise of Angkor, Cambodia
Rescuing History from Srivijaya
Elephants in Mongol History
Writing World History in Late Ming China and the Perception of Maritime Asia
Notes On the Relations and Trade of China With the Eastern Archipelago and the Coast of the Indian Ocean During the Fourteenth Century
Siamese Attacks on Angkor Before 1430
Agricultural Change and Ethnic Succession in Southeast Asian States
Land and the Law in the Epigraphy of Tenth-Century Cambodia
The Impact of Climate on Southeast Asia, circa 950-1820
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |