Category: Far East

Angkor Wat

Post author By carolinescannell
Post date October 15, 2021

Angkor, from the Sanskrit, meaning ‘the holy city’, was the capital of the Khmer Empire from the 9th to 15th centuries CE. One of the most important archaeological sites in Southeast Asia it is located northwest of Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh.

Angkor Wat is the temple city and is the largest religious building in the world. It has a surrounding moat and perimeter more than three miles. Angkor Thom is the city to the south of Angkor Wat

Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi connected the Built by Jayavarman VII between 1181-1201, who proclaimed Buddhism the state religion. Most famous is Bayon Temple with 54 towers and 216 faces of the Buddha facing in all directions.

Tags Bayon Temple, Cambodia, Khmer, Phnom Penh, Qin Shi Huangdi, Temple City

Far East

Gyeongju

Post author By carolinescannell
Post date August 13, 2021

Once the political, economic and cultural center of the Silla kingdom (57 BCE – 935 CE), Gyeongju and neighboring areas have more tombs, temples, pagodas and Buddhist rock carvings than any other area in South Korea. Gyeongju traded with the Tang Dynasty in China as well as Japan and others in Southeast Asia.

Gyeongju ruled about two-thirds of the Korean Peninsula at its height between the 7th and 9th centuries and was the fourth largest city in the world at that time. Many archaeological sites and cultural properties from this period remain in the city.