Along The Royal Roads To Angkor [Paperback]

Yoshiaki Ishizawa (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1999

From the ninth to the fifteenth century, the Angkor Empire was the greatest civilization in Southeast Asia, reaching from the coast of Vietnam to Myanmar, from southern Laos down to the Malay Peninsula. At the heart of this great kingdom ruled by god-kings rose the magnificent towers of Angkor Wat and the nearby capital city of Angkor Thom. The rulers of Angkor were great builders and engineers. They fed their people with a sophisticated irrigation system that made the Cambodian plains green year-round, and they built a network of roads connecting the capital to all the major outlying cities. Along the Royal Roads of Angkor is a photographic journey following those royal roads, featuring 165 stunning images of the many beautiful Angkor-period temples and monuments in Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam. Photographer Hitoshi Tamura has also captured scenes along the road recording the contemporary lives of the descendants of the Khmers, Chams, Thais, and Mon and Qoi peoples of ancient Angkor. An informative text by Yoshiaki Ishizawa treats the rise and fall of the empire, and the achievements of its rulers, and discusses the important temples and other buildings in detail.

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About the Author

Yoshiaki Ishizawa was born in 1937 in Hokkaido, Japan. He has been active in surveying, protecting, and restoring Angkor sites since 1980. He is dean of the Faculty of Foreign Studies at Sophia University, is Chief of the International Mission on Angkor, and has written several books in Japanese on Angkor Wat and related subjects.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Weatherhill; 1st English Ed edition (July 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0834804727
• ISBN-13: 978-0834804722
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,303,512 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Angkor, Angkor, Angkor and more Angkor!!!, June 3, 2001

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Kean Chhay Chang (Vic, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Along The Royal Roads To Angkor (Paperback)

I must say there are so many wonderful books published on Angkor and this is another one that I have read so far. Containg excellent photographs of Angkor as well as aspects of Khmer culture and the Khmer people of today. I really enjoyed this book because it contained iformation regarding the history, the layout of Angkor and it's temple that was constructed from 9th-13th century A.D.

Angkor was a wonderful civilization of Southeast Asian like that of Aztecs and Mayans in Mesoamerica before the any contains with the first European. The civilization of Angkor flowered and blossom for centuries until it reached it's peak during the 12 century with it's greatest achievement of building Angkor Wat. Then the Khmer civilization declined and slowly was reclaimed by the forest where it remained until the 19th century only to be discovered again like many other civilizations. Great book to have and so much work and effort has gone into making this book that I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to understand a little bit more about Angkor and it's temples.