Kh Educational: Longvek – Ancient Historical City That Sheds Light On Cambodia’s ‘Dark Age’

Longvek – Ancient Historical City That Sheds Light On Cambodia’s ‘Dark Age’

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Vek era is the era after the reign of King Yat Cambodia fighter happen many times. Capital has been changed several cycles from Angkor Tuol Basan (Cham) Hall (hall) Longvek, (Kampong Chhnang). 1st Monday in the kingdom Hall located in Banteay Meanchey, Pursat and exchange of Longvek. Monday the king or his younger brother Monday 1st sreisokonthobat royalist or a natural son. When the king only sreisokonthobat Sen barracks in 1512 Ponhea Monday in the city of Ayutthaya. During the war with the king and lawmaker on Monday asked him to reign, and he agreed. He is a king who liberated land famous west from Siam. Besides banteayolongvek He built monasteries, many in Pursat environment ribbon report repair pagoda in Odong's presence on the Mount of honor, etc. (Buddha into God Nipean of) wat tralengkeng in banteayolongvek located on a hill, a place shaped mark in the Cathedral upheld Buddha tralengkeng is Buddha four he was standing so far God back to each other, and turned his face to the four corners and built statues tralengkeng idols bull. PhD scholars compiled poet and writer of all kinds of rules for the young generation. Unfortunately, in 1566, he died ashes deposited on Mount Royal.
Geographic location
Longvek location history Khmer history in the Province and local strategy where rivers, lakes, especially the canal. Digging hit rock roots organizing 6 feet around the corner and fortress Chnang board height of 14 feet thick fortress houses on 10 cubits cheungter below 22 feet at the corner of 4th River. For this reason, the moon king to officials Duke Sena to mobilize parliamentarians logging transport rocks adjustments land to build a fortress and palace he has been doing wall 5 floors, as well as planting fence bamboo thick thickness 2 first (160 mm) has a pair of water-door 8 inner fortress 5 floors placed are soldiers rifle.

In the first floor are teahean_kaphleungthom walls and the front wall of Tay 1st floor walls are artillery and front wall of Tay Ninh and horse shed. 2nd walls are soldiers chapel rifle Trial and Appeals.

3rd walls are short weapons, machetes, knives. 4th wall are teahean_roksaapreahang theater and theater tent saw. In the 5th wall finish and agronomic plant stages bronze monument Piromya, Ahithophel Baku and the eunuchs. In the wall, too, palace top five Sourng and painted mr Marx for Augustus blasts and there are statutory objects feudal rights is glass or God tralengkeng and Ko, 12, who in the belly Ko them have maintained Bible rules Professor of great price. There is home wives Code for children and has a warehouse big store rice salt Cheese Dried Smoked and warehouse Professor Voth. Furthermore, the faith of Khmer Preah Ko, and his glasses as siblings and that locals often worshiped deemed Superstitious due in banteayolongvek image and Preah Ko Preah Keo It is believed that this is a fortress strong protection for the enemy and warehouses national culture after Angkor.

Banteayolongvek wide and 2 kilometers along the length of 3 kilometers, and take time to build a 3-year (1527 - 1529).

The king and contemporary events Lovek
Monday Kingdom (1516 - 1566)
Monday monarchy or Nak 1, the youngest brother of King sreisokonthobat. On the occasion sdechakan kill sreisokonthobat Sen at the barracks in 1512, angkochant_reachea was in Ayutthaya Siam rout. When receiving this notification immediately, he found a way to deliver the throne.
During the war, people asked to moon the king came to the throne. He reigned with the name for the reign of King monarchy Monday monarchy. 1516.
Until 1526 success was completely over the moon monarchy sdechakan be caught and killed.
From 1527 Royalist Monday banteayolongvek construction. In 1529, he went and sat banteayolongvek Lovek also became the Khmer capital until the end of the 16th century.
Monday monarchy, the king of a famous battle in the 16th century because he romdaohtukdei Khmer back to the city of Ayutthaya. He built many monasteries bull statue tralengkeng poet and scholar Dr. ... compiled and written documents of all kinds for kolbot kolthitea Khmer generations. But in 1566 his royalist Monday died Longvek. His ashes stupas located on Mount Royal today.

Heavenly Kingdom (1566 - 1576
King Barom son's 2nd moon warrior king he did with Siam to take provinces Khmer Siam. In 1570 he went to Angkor was capital to collect Liberation Army to take the province of Nakhon Ratchasima and Khmer officials in control there. In 1574 by the Burmese army and the Khmer troops too much pressure Siamese king of Siam forced treaty alliances with Khmer and agreed to give the province of Nakhon Ratchasima and Chantaburi baschembori Khmer King. Siamese warriors Khmer Khmer intelligence to know that the King of Siam busy fighter with Laos (Siamese fighter forced the Burmese with Laos). King Barom his death in c. 1576.

King Sattha 1 (1576 - 1586)
King Sattha 1 King's eldest son, the king must reign at Son properties cadastral satraps. During King Sattha 1 country lost all power and authority almost exclusively from Asia. In the 1st 1586 King Sattha on throne eldest son name Chettha 1.

King Chettha 1 (1586 -1593)
Chettha 1 is the eldest son of King Sattha 1 coronation was just 11 years old at the 2nd Son pnheatn name was 6 years old mhaubreach. The cadastral Greater uphyoreach. During King Chettha 1 very weak nation caused by royal officials Sena crisis and people did not believe the young king without royal knowledge nothing to neighboring countries, especially Thailand offensive against the country many times. Siam also finally broke banteayolongvek in 1593.

Political situation
In politics
In Longvek often dynastic crisis. 1st King Sattha abdicated in favor of his eldest son, the name Chettha 1, which was just 11 years old cadastral her name for fear of the younger brother took her throne by King cadastral capable and popular than him. Loss banteayolongvek Khmer power lawfully. Collect and valuable assets to the land of Siam.

Policy
That period has not been a concern eastern border because of Champa are involved with Vietnam, which is slowly swallowing the territory. But in the western border Khmer king tried romdaohtukdei lost since the 13th century back. Monday monarchy monarchy royalist heaven and Sattha 1 offensive against Liberation capital Ayutthaya province back.
Why bring troops Khmer success is due to the king, a strong sense of vitality inside and outside military support people trust the king. Moreover, the Burmese army has often Siam Thai border from Burma.
But then the days of his heavenly Kingdom signed a treaty of alliance ties Khmer Siam in 1574. Siamese and Khmer kings of Nakhon Ratchasima province on Monday baschembori city. From the reign of King Sattha 1 Khmer king to rely Calmette Europe such as Portugal and Spain. They sent troops and missionaries to Cambodia Siamese causing more wrath because Khmer and Siamese same Buddhist Christian Europe, and to the media in the country.
In 1594, Siam offensive Longvek. It collected jewel best banteayolongvek heritage and cadastral wise and many Khmer color to the land of Siam. If anyone resisted, they will be killed immediately.

Vek
Agriculture 
Agricultural activities because he cares for this problem. He will always remember the land for farming, and people dug canal O canal for supply of water for agriculture. The days Monday, the king ordered the army to clear the forest to farm land expansion for the people. Cultivation and harvest season always ceasefire to help the people depend on agriculture.

Trade
Because the sap rich in fish, and land around the fertile Mekong River, a major waterway for commodities led to the sale of foreign trade has grown considerably. During King Yat sdechakan Monday monarchy ... the country are brought to sell goods abroad and regain armor. Heavenly king made contact with the Europeans, Japan, China, Java, ... a lot of business in Cambodia considerable. They brought various goods such as utility kamnatsaampt grocery export and other plastic horns, ivory skin ....

Crafts
Crafts are still poor. Important activity in the steel is strong momentum Monday from the reign of the king, because he cares about the issue. But used as raw materials Forging activities since the days Yat.


Longvek – Ancient Historical City That Sheds Light On Cambodia’s ‘Dark Age’

Longvek was the capital city in ancient Cambodia, for almost 200 years following the sack of Angkor by the Siamese in 1431.
The city’s records tell stories about war strategy, religious rituals, Khmer cultures traditions of Khmer.
Longvek or Lovek (in Khmer language – “intersection” or “crossroads”) was located  less than 50 kilometres from Phnom Penh in present-day Kampong Chhnang province. Little more than a village today,  Longvek was once selected to built the city because the place with good condition to protect from enemy.

Bird’s eye view of Eauweck (or Longvek), Cambodia. The city of Eauweck, shown in the centre of this illustration, is surrounded by hills, forests and a river. Bottom left the inscription reads Eauweck. Hooft Stadt van Cambodia, Photo: Wikipedia
It was surrounded by thick bamboo forest of about 160 meters wide and many big lakes. Longvek was built in a rectangular shape with 3km long and 2km wide. Rumor said that a strong horse could not run around Longvek military camp and that there were statues of Preah Ko and Preah Keo, the two brothers, regarded as sacred figures, kept in Longvek.
Later, the statues were removed and taken to Siam after Longvek city has been defeated in 1593.
Now, the first archaeological excavations at the site of the ancient Cambodian capital of Longvek have unearthed physical evidence that the city was a regional trading hub, helping dispel historical notions that Cambodia underwent centuries of “dark ages” between the Angkorian and the modern era. 

Longvek was selected to built the city because the place with good condition to protect from enemy. It was surrounded by thick bamboo forest of about 160 meters wide and many big lakes. Longvek was built in a rectangular shape with 3km long and 2km wide. Credits: ICambodia
The Phnom Penh Post writes in an article that archaeologists discovered porcelain from as far away as China and Japan in the foundations of Longvek’s ancient palace, along with ruins of substantial earthen walls and a bronze workshop.
“Archeologists, historians, tourists and the general public – everyone tends to focus on Angkor’s golden age, and when you go to Angkor you can see the reason why,” said Dr Martin Polkinghorne, a research fellow at Flinders University in Australia who is part of a joint team composed of Cambodia’s Ministry of Culture, Flinders and Japan’s Nara Institute. 
“But of course Cambodian history continued and was intimately tied to international trade.”
Polkinghorne said Cambodia’s trading wealth was largely based on exporting forest products such as hardwood and animal skins.

People work at Kampong Chhnang’s Longvek archaeological excavation site in December 2015. Flinders University
In exchange, Cambodia obtained goods such as the Chinese porcelain in the palace, which was dated to the late Ming dynasty in the 16th century, while other pieces of porcelain were found originating from Japan, Vietnam and Thailand.

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