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Angkor's Broken Promise: The Water Crisis That Ended an Empire
For centuries, Angkor thrived on an ingenious network of canals and reservoirs that tamed the monsoon. But when climate turned brutal in the 1300s, that same system turned deadly. This episode follows the slow unraveling: the over-engineered barays that couldn't adapt, the silt-clogged canals that choked the rice fields, and the desperate last kings who watched their divine mandate wash away. We trace the evidence from tree-ring data and sediment cores that pin the final blow to a series of mega-droughts and violent floods — and ask whether the empire's faith in its own water gods…
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