History Of Cambodia

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Nathan Jackson History of Cambodia Cambodia, bordered by Thailand and Laos on the North and Vietnam on the East and on the East and South, is around the size of Mississippi. Cambodia is located on the Indochinese peninsula. Consisting of mostly dirt, gravel, silt, sand, and other like materials, Cambodia is ringed by mountains with the Mekong River to the east and the gulf of Thailand to the west. Cambodia is centered on Lake Tonle Sap, which is a storage basin of the Mekong. The area which is now Cambodia came under Khmer rule around 600 B.C., when it was once part of a vast empire that stretched across most of Southeast Asia. When in control of the Khmers, who were Hindus, a magnificent temple was built at Angkor. Buddhism was introduced to Cambodia, known as Kambuja, early in the society. The society, however, fell all to pieces after Jayavaram’s Rule and were completely annihilated by Vietnamese and Thai invaders. Cambodia steadily lost power until 1863, when France joined Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam into one protective colony known as the French Indochina. Cambodia is a multiple liberal democracy under a constitutional monarchy. The Royal Government of Cambodia, formed on the basis of elections internationally recognized as free and fair, was established on September 24, 1993. The executive branch comprises the king, who is head of state; an appointed prime minister; ten deputy prime ministers, 16 senior ministers, 26 ministers, 206 secretaries of state, and 205 undersecretaries of state. The bicameral legislature consists of a 123-member elected National Assembly and a 61-member Senate. The judiciary includes a Supreme Court, lower courts, and an internationalized court with jurisdiction over the serious crimes of the Khmer Rouge era. Administrative subdivisions are 23 provinces and 1 municipality. As you can see, Cambodia has been through

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