Khmer Empire

the capital city of Nanking. All eight stages of genocide refer to the Rape of Nanking. Finally, the act of genocide on innocent people is horrific and deserves intervention on the global scale. The Rape of Nanking was directed towards the Chinese Empire by the Japanese Imperial Army indirectly caused by the unfolding of the…

A genocide is a horrific killing of a larger number of people. Two instances of genocides is the Killing fields of Cambodia and the Holocaust. In 1995, Cambodia was taken over by a heavily communist group called the Khmer Rouge who wanted to control every aspect of their people’s lives. The leader of the organization was Pol Pot and his intentions were to, “forcibly construct a peasant society”(The Killing Fields). In doing so he killed over two million out of seven million, over 25%, of…

when the Khmer Rouge captured the Cambodian Government. The Khmer Rouge were led by Pol Pot. As soon as they captured Cambodia, they immediately started sending people to labor camps. They sent anyone from a doctor, teacher, rich person, the educated, and many more high classed people. The camps were rough, and many starved to death. Starvation was killing enough people that the Khmer Rouge didn’t feel a need to execute anyone. That was until the camps started to get overcrowded. The Khmer Rouge…

celebrating the end of war and the promise of a fresh start. Their celebrations lasted less than a day. On April 17th, 1975, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, invaded Cambodia’s capital city of Phnom Penh, and citizens were forced into the countryside. This marked the start of one of the worst periods in Cambodia’s history; the Cambodian Genocide. Between 1975 and 1979, the Khmer Rouge, a communist political party in Cambodia, led by Pol Pot refused to compromise their extreme beliefs. These radical…

The memory of the Khmer Rouge and the prison facility S-21 is one that is shadowed by repressed memories, lack of knowledge of the events, and apathy of the horrors that took place. By analyzing the similarities, differences, and the purpose of the book and movie we can see the issues that we have today in memorializing the genocide in Cambodia. The book Voices from S-21, and the movie Khmer Rouge: Killing machine, try and address the misconceptions that the perpetrators have in their…

The rise and fall of empires is an extremely relevant topic today, since the movements of past empires have formed the communities and governments of the modern world. Two such empires being the Khmer Empire, which governed from 802CE to the end of the 15th Century and the Roman Empire, which ruled from 27 BC to around 1453 CE. Through the evidence shown it will be proven that all empires rise and fall for a range of reasons, including strategic governing, gaining and losing territory, the…

To begin, the Khmer Empire is much more advanced and superior than the Polynesian Expansion as they were vastly superior in these three areas, buildings and architecture, form of government or ruling, and weaponry. This is as the Khmers had much more knowledge and vastly better skills than the Polynesians. The first area that the Khmers were stronger in was their use of skills and knowledge to build and create ideas for structures that could stay up for a very long time and were difficult to…

nations.” As Western European powers continued to extend their empires across the world, the idea of a new imperialism would emerge between the period 1880-1914. The principle of new imperialism involved the extension of Western political and economic dominance in parts of Africa, the Middle East, and Asia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. By 1880, the hectic rush of nations wanting to continue extending their empires beyond European borders would lead to the scramble for…

leaders, they would treat him as a leader. Alexander deserved to be called, the Great, because of his strategic military skills, ambition to become a great leader at a young age, and the way he maintained and controlled his empire when he was the king (Plutarch 4). A larger empire was something Alexander lusted for. Those who he failed to persuade to live under his rule he overpowered with his army, forcing his leadership upon them. When it came to combat Alexander excelled in strategizing and…

Empire features a large ensemble cast following the lives of the Lyon family as they struggle to attain what they believe is rightfully theirs. In this musical soap opera an assortment of issues are addressed such as sexuality, expectations, inheritance, and most importantly family. The Lyon family is not your typical household with a celebrity father and an ex-con for mother this family is not easily relatable in the typical sense. However Empire finds a way to show relationships that can be…