Empire Looks South, The: Chinese perceptions of Cambodia before and during the Kingdom of Angkor field studies concluding with the establishment of

concluding with the establishment of a new

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Empire Looks South, The: Chinese perceptions of Cambodia before and during the Kingdom of Angkor field studies concluding with the establishment ofBy Peter Harris Preface by David Chandler ISBN 978 616 215 196 5 (Hardback) ISBN 978 616 215 198 9 (Paperback) The most famous first hand account of the Kingdom of Angkor was left to us by the imperial Chinese envoy Zhou Daguan. But Zhous was not the only portrait of Angkor and the kingdoms that came before it. The Empire Looks South draws on other early Chinese sources to provide new and engrossing perspectives on early Cambodia up to and including