Angkor: A Million People Fed by Water, Killed by It
Medieval Southeast Asia

Angkor: A Million People Fed by Water, Killed by It

A million people lived in Angkor by 900 AD, in a city larger than any in Europe, sustained by the world's most sophisticated water system—until the very thing that made it great destroyed it.

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