{"slug": "angkor", "label": "Angkor", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angkor", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163607", "qid": "Q163607", "description": "former capital city; region of Cambodia", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [802, 1431], "span_label": ["802 CE", "1431 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "cambodia", "label": "Cambodia", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "khmer-empire", "label": "Khmer Empire", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "hinduism", "label": "Hinduism", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ayutthaya-kingdom", "label": "Ayutthaya Kingdom", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 802, "year_label": "802 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Prince Jayavarman declares the Khmer Empire (modern-day Cambodia) independent, and establishes the kingdom of Angkor. He is reconsecrated as a world ruler (chakravartin), or god-king (devaraja), under Hindu rites.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848783#Asia", "title": "802", "revid": 1340848783, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 881, "year_label": "881 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Bakong, the first temple mountain of sandstone, is constructed by rulers of the Khmer Empire (modern Cambodia) at Angkor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129955#Asia", "title": "881", "revid": 1341129955, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 923, "year_label": "923 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Harshavarman I, king of Angkor (Cambodia)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341509659#Deaths", "title": "923", "revid": 1341509659, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 928, "year_label": "928 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Ishanavarman II dies after a 5-year reign and is succeeded by his uncle Jayavarman IV as king of the Khmer Empire (modern Cambodia). He moves the capital north from Angkor to Koh Ker.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364916804#Asia", "title": "928", "revid": 1364916804, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1177, "year_label": "1177 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Cham sack the Khmer capital of Angkor. The date is disputed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1273054652#Date_unknown", "title": "1177", "revid": 1273054652, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1296, "year_label": "1296 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "Chinese diplomat Zhou Daguan spends a year at the court of Khmer King Indravarman III at Angkor, and pens a journal setting forth his observations.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368372269#Date_unknown", "title": "1296", "revid": 1368372269, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1431, "year_label": "1431 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Ayutthaya Kingdom besieges Angkor and sacks the Khmer capital, ending the Khmer Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361768961#Date_unknown", "title": "1431", "revid": 1361768961, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}]}