Ankgor Wat

Angkor (Khmer: អង្គរ Khmer: [ʔɑŋkɔː], 'Capital city'), also known as Yasodharapura (Khmer: យសោធរបុរៈ; Sanskrit: यशोधरपुर), was the capital city of the Khmer Empire. The city and empire flourished from approximately the 9th to the 15th centuries. The city houses the Angkor Wat, one of Cambodia's most popular tourist attractions. The name Angkor is derived from nokor (), a Khmer word meaning "kingdom" which in turn derived from Sanskrit nagara (), meaning "city". The Angkorian period began in AD …