// Middle Ages
Khmer Empire
- Period
- AD 800 – AD 1867
- Duration
- approx. 1,067 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1206
- Area (max.)
- approx. 956,000 km²
Period and duration
Khmer Empire — according to the map data from AD 800 to AD 1867, roughly 1,067 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Khmer Empire — greatest extent around AD 1206: the mapped borders then cover about 956,000 km², roughly 0.6% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 799)
- Water Chenla
- Land Chenla
- Lavo Kingdom
- Haripuñjaya
After
- Rattanakosin Kingdom
- French Indochina
- Second French Empire
- Nguyễn dynasty
Neighbours around AD 1206
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Southern Song
- Pagan Kingdom
- Ngô Dynasty
- Haripuñjaya
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1206 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Khmer Empire on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.