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Angkor Empire - Part 4: Water, wealth, and wonder
Picture a city where water flows through endless canals, feeding fields as far as the eye can see. In Angkor, the rhythm of life was set by the rise and fall of rivers, by the hum of water wheels and the scent of moist earth after rain. Here, prosperity was built not just on power, but on innovation—on the ability to control nature itself. The Khmer turned the landscape into a living machine.
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