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![Haunting ruins, like these at Angkor Thom, are all that remain of the spectacular kingdom of Angkor.](http://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/bf50aada-4e44-11e0-bd0d-d52870ef479a/96001000011_xgaplus.jpg)
![The great kingdom of Angkor reached its height between the 9th and 13th centuries. Less than a century after Zheng He visited...](http://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/baa48d94-4e44-11e0-9af9-77acd1d0929a/96001000012_xgaplus.jpg)
The great kingdom of Angkor reached its height between the 9th and 13th centuries. Less than a century after Zheng He visited there, in the 15th century, it collapsed and was abandoned.
Author: Michael Yamashita
©Michael Yamashita
Photo size: 29.5 Mpixels (84.3 MB uncompressed) - 6596x4469 pixels (22x14.9 in / 55.8x37.8 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: 13th century, abandoned, Angkor, Cambodia, China Sea, kingdom of Angkor, ruins, Silk Road, vanished city
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