Angkor and the Khmer Civilization

Yale archaeologist Michael Coe provides the most accessible single-volume account of the Khmer Empire for general readers, covering the rise, the hydraulic system that sustained a million-person city, the temple architecture of Angkor, and the still-debated collapse. Coe incorporates LiDAR survey findings that transformed understanding of Angkor's urban scale. The standard recommendation for anyone new to Khmer history.