Editing Angkor (section)

==== War with the Ayutthaya Kingdom ====
[[File:Map-of-southeast-asia 900 CE.svg|thumb|right|A map of the Khmer Empire (in red) in 900 AD]]
It is widely believed that the abandonment of the Khmer capital occurred as a result of Ayutthaya invasions. Ongoing civil wars with the [[List of Thai monarchs#1st Uthong dynasty (1351–1370)|Lavo-Khmer]] and [[List of Thai monarchs#1st Suphannaphum dynasty (1370–1388)|Suphannaphum-Mon]] dynasty of Ayutthaya were already sapping the strength of Angkor at the time of [[Zhou Daguan]] toward the end of the 13th century. In his memoirs, Zhou reported that the country had been completely devastated by such a war, in which the entire population had been obligated to participate.{{sfn|Coedès|1943|p=32}}

After the collapse of Angkor in 1431, many statues were taken to the Ayutthaya capital of [[Ayutthaya (city)|Ayutthaya]] in the west.{{sfn|Higham|2001|pp=139-140}} Others departed for the new center of Khmer society at [[Longvek]], southeast of Angkor in [[Kampong Tralach district]]. The official capital later moved, first in 1618 to [[Oudong]] around {{convert|45|km}} from [[Phnom Penh]] in [[Ponhea Leu District]], and eventually in 1865 to the present site of Phnom Penh.