Siege of Angkor

Fall of Angkor; Sack of Angkor
Date	1431
Location	Angkor, Khmer Empire
Result	Thai victory Kingdom of Ayutthaya sacks and loots Angkor; Khmer Empire collapses; King Ponhea Yat flees to Southern Cambodia;
Belligerents
Kingdom of Ayutthaya	Khmer Empire
Commanders and leaders
Unknown	Ponhea Yat
Strength
Unknown	unknown

The Fall of Angkor, also known as the Sack of Angkor or Siege of Angkor was a seven-month siege by the Kingdom of Ayutthaya on the Khmer capital of Angkor. After the Khmer refused to recognize Thai authority, the Thai besieged Angkor and sacked the capital city. The Khmer King Ponhea Yat fled the city to and later to Krong Chaktomuk. Though the Khmer Empire was already in decline, the conquest of Angkor delivered the final blow and the Khmer Empire fell. Angkor was subsequently abandoned. After the Fall of Angkor, the King moved the capital first to Basan and later to Krong Chaktomuk, initiating the period known as the Post-Angkor Period.

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History of Angkor (in a nutshell)

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