MAPS OF HISTORY · HISTORY OF · Cambodia
ONE LAND · 4 ATLASES
Cambodia, on the map of history
What was Cambodia before it was Cambodia? Below, every era of this land in the Maps of History collection — who ruled it, what it was called, and when control changed — each line linked to the dated map that shows it. Modern borders stand in as an honest approximation; every atlas says so on the map itself.
The Khmer Empire (mod. Cambodia) · The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294
| 1206 | Beyond the storm — the opening position |
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French Indochina · The Great War, 1914–1918
| NOV 1914 | Entente-aligned & imperial territories — the opening position |
Cambodia · The War Room — WW2, 1936–1945
| JUL 1937 | Western Allies — the opening position |
| SEP 1940 | Axis allies & puppets |
| MAY 1942 | Axis-occupied |
| AUG 1945 | Western Allies |
Cambodia · The Cold War, 1945–1991
| AUG 1945 | NATO & core Western allies — the opening position |
| NOV 1956 | Non-aligned & neutral |
| NOV 1975 | Communist, outside Moscow’s bloc |
| DEC 1979 | Soviet-aligned states |
| DEC 1991 | Non-aligned & neutral |
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