Any information about the khmer rouge???

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Jayavarman VII, who ruled from 1181-1220, expanded the Khmer Empire. He oversaw the building of Angkor Thom, a new, larger capital city close to Angkor. In the centre of this city he built The Bayon, his temple-mountain.

From the 15th to 18th century the Khmer Empire lost territory to surrounding powers. Thailand overtook Angkor in 1431. The capital moved to Phnom Penh. In 1862 France acquired control of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, forming French Indochina. In 1941 France appointed Norodom Sihanouk king of Cambodia. In 1953, at the request of Norodom Sihanouk, France granted independence to Cambodia.

  

In 1970, Cambodia became involved in the Vietnam War. The Cambodian military were supported by the United States. Resistance to the regime emerged in a revolutionary group called the Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot. The Khmer Rouge seized Phnom Penh in 1975 and began a reign of terror. They forced people into rural communes and executed anyone who resisted. Nearly two million people were killed or starved to death during this period. In 1978, Vietnam invaded and Vietnamese troops remained in Cambodia until 1989. A peace accord was signed in 1991.

http://www.cp-pc.ca/english/cambodia/ind...

More info:

http://www.edwebproject.org/sideshow/khm...

http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/khtoc.html