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Imperial Angkor

Name: Imperial Angkor
Brand: AJ CARMICHAEL
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Suryavarman I, The Expansionist King

By: AJ Carmichael

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Paperback | 14 December 2025

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Paperback
326 Pages

Edition Type
Large type / large print

Dimensions(cm)
27.94 x 21.59 x 1.73

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Imperial Angkor - Suryavarman I: The Expansionist King explores the reign of the ruler who transformed Angkor from a powerful kingdom into a true continental empire. Suryavarman I inherited a fractured political landscape and reshaped it through calculated expansion, administrative consolidation, and the strategic use of religion and infrastructure. This volume examines how territorial growth was paired with governance, how hydraulic systems underpinned imperial authority, and how kingship evolved from regional dominance into universal rule. Rather than focusing solely on conquest, the narrative reveals the systems that made expansion durable-roads, temples, estates, and ritual legitimacy woven into a single imperial framework.

Moving beyond monument-centered history, this book situates Suryavarman I within the wider forces that shaped mainland Southeast Asia. It traces the integration of frontier regions, the management of diverse populations, and the ideological foundations that allowed empire to function across distance and difference. Through a deeply researched and system-focused approach, Imperial Angkor - Suryavarman I: The Expansionist King presents a definitive study of how empire is built, maintained, and remembered-offering readers a penetrating look into one of the most sophisticated state formations of the premodern world.

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