Description

Via a comprehensive analysis of contemporary physical sources, written accounts and pictorial records, Armies, Allies and Enemies of The Khmer Empire Vol.II identifies and expand upon those relatively unknown Southeast Asian armies that fought against or aided the Khmer Empire (802 CE to 1431 CE).

Aimed primarily at historians, military history enthusiasts and wargamers alike, Armies, Allies and Enemies of The Khmer Empire Vol.II is focused on the armies of the Khmer empires Southeast Asian enemies, allies and subjects. Much of this information has not been previously brought together in this manner before and by doing so, exciting new insights have emerged.

Known as the 'Land of Gold' to the contemporary Chinese and Indians, the Khmer Empire was centered around the great hydraulic mega-city of Angkor, that flourished between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries in what is now northern Cambodia. In its heyday Angkor covered c.10,000 sq.km, accommodating and feeding, via its advanced state sponsored irrigation systems (which provided four rice crops annually) nearly 1million inhabitants. Making it probably the largest human conurbation on the planet at that time.

At its peak the Khmer ទេ'God-Kings' controlled and dominated the majority of the Southeast Asian peninsular, and is said to have governed over 32 provinces, a landmass as extensive as that of its contemporary Byzantine counterpart in the west. Armies, Allies and Enemies of The Khmer Empire explores the military might of what is, one of histories largely unknown great civilizations and the armies that helped to forged it.