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The guards who cut the bamboo for silver brought Longvek down
A key Khmer capital stands besieged as guards cut bamboo for scattered Siamese silver-could the people inside have loosened their own city?
The guards who cut the bamboo for silver brought Longvek down
In this episode, we trace Longvek’s final years and the decisions, desertions, and diplomacy that left a riverine capital vulnerable. We follow the gap between chronicles and stone inscriptions to ask how a city that survived sieges ended up with its walls already halfway down.
Person: Prince Soryopor
Date: 3 January 1594
Location: Longvek
Event: Siamese campaigns 1583-1594
Topic: Alleged…
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