Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yankin da yanzu ake kira Kambodiya an zauna tun zamanin da. A cikin 802 AD, Jayavarman II ya ayyana kansa sarki, yana haɗa sarakunan Khmer masu yaƙi na Chenla a ƙarƙashin sunan "Kambuja". Wannan ya nuna farkon Daular Khmer, wadda ta bunƙasa fiye da shekara 600. Masarautar Indiya ta sauƙaƙe yaduwar addinin Hindu na farko sannan kuma addinin Buddha zuwa yawancin kudu maso gabashin Asiya kuma ya aiwatar da ayyukan gine-ginen addini da yawa a duk yankin. Angkor Wat shine mafi shahararrun waɗannan gine-ginen kuma an sanya shi a matsayin Gidan Tarihi na Duniya. A cikin karni na goma sha biyar, bayan tawayen Ayutthaya, wanda Khmer Empire ya yi mulkinsa, Kambodiya ta sami raguwar iko, yayin da maƙwabta Vietnam da Thailand suka sami ƙarfi. A cikin 1863, Kambodiya ta zama mai kare Faransa, kuma daga baya aka haɗa ta cikin Indochina ta Faransa. Kasar tana karkashin mulkin Japan
a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu kafin a dawo da ikon Faransa.