Cambodia
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Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline alon
Glazed stoneware dating back to the 12th century
Angkor Wat
Faces of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara at Prasat Bayon
Norodom Sihanouk and Mao Zedong in 1956
Pol Pot
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Pol Pot was a Cambodian politician, revolutionary, and dictator who ruled Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 until his overthrow in 1979 during the Cambodian–Vietnamese War. Ideologically a Maoist and Khm
Pol Pot in May 1978
Prek Sbauv, the village where Pol Pot was born and spent his early years
Sâr arrived in Paris on 1 October 1949. Paris pictured in 1950.
In Paris, Pol Pot was inspired by the writings of Mao Zedong and Joseph Stalin (pictured together in 1949) on how to conduct a revolution.