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History
Cambodia is mostly known for its recent history of the 1970s, when the dictator Pol Pot
seized power and inflicted genocide on the country, brutally killing almost two million of
his own people. Everyone you meet in Cambodia has a story of losing relatives or friends
to this mass execution, and the trials of the perpetrators are being conducted at the time of
writing this topic.
Cambodia gained independence in 1953 and became a constitutional monarchy, but this
happened only after centuries of conflict, territorial struggle, and invasion by other nations.
Between the 9th and 15th centuries, Cambodia witnessed the rise and fall of the mighty Kh-
mer Empire with Angkor as its center of power. During that period, widespread conversion
to Theravada Buddhism took place. This is the religion that the majority of Cambodians
practice today.
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