Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Nharaunda yava kunzi Cambodia yave ichigarwa nevanhu kubvira kare kare. Muna 802 AD, Jayavarman II akazvizivisa samambo, achibatanidza machinda echiKhmer airwisana eChenla pasi pezita rekuti "Kambuja". Izvi zvakaratidza kutanga kwoUmambo hweKhmer, hwakapfuurira kwemakore anopfuura 600. Umambo hwaiva nechiIndia hwakaita kuti chiHindu chipararire muSoutheast Asia uye hwakaita kuti chiBuddha chipararirewo ikoko. Angkor Wat ndiyo inonyanya kuzivikanwa pazvivako izvi uye yakasarudzwa kuti ive Nzvimbo Yenyika Inokosha. Muzana ramakore rechigumi namashanu, pashure pokumukira kweAyutthaya, iyo yaichimbotongwa noUmambo hweKhmer, Cambodia yakawana kuderera kwesimba, nepo vavakidzani vayo Vietnam neThailand vakava vakasimba zvikuru. Muna 1863, Cambodia yakava nzvimbo yaidzivirira yeFrance, uye gare gare yakabatanidzwa muFrench Indochina. Nyika yakanga iri pasi
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