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Angkor's Forgotten Plague: How Disease Shaped the Empire
We often hear about Angkor’s hydraulic engineering or its grand stone temples, but we rarely discuss the invisible army that shaped its fate: disease. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how malaria, schistosomiasis, and smallpox impacted the Khmer Empire from the 12th to the 15th century. We look at archaeological evidence of malnutrition in skeletal remains, the role of mosquito-borne illness in the empire’s decline, and how the shift from Hinduism to Theravada Buddhism may have been a response to public health crises. Discover why the lush jungles surrounding Angkor Wat were also…
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