Well, I knew the last one, but the first two were new to me, and all thanks toSOSORO: Cambodian Museum of Money and Economy, Cambodia’s newest museum, and one certainly different from those that have come before it. Housed in the former French protectorate municipalité, with the modern...
On Jan. 7, 1946, the French colonialists forced the royal government to accept an agreement (modus vivendi) restoring the French protectorate over Cambodia. Between 1946 and 1949 the Khmer Issarak movement spread to the southeastern, southwestern, and northwestern regions; partisan bases were ...
Cambodia had fallen almost entirely under the control of Vietnam and Siam, and Cambodia was sealed off from the outside influences that were beginning to affect other Southeast Asian countries. In 1864, Cambodia became a French protectorate. ...
The Ayutthaya Kingdom conquered the Khmer in the 15th century, and the country became a vassal state of its neighbors. In 1863 it became a protectorate of France, and gained independence in 1953. Today, though the per capita income is relatively low, Cambodia’s economy is one of the faste...
Although Cambodia had a rich and powerful past under the Hindu state of Funan and the Kingdom of Angkor, by the mid-19th century the country was on the verge of dissolution. After repeated requests for French assistance, a protectorate was established in 1863. By 1884, Cambodia was a virtua...
Although Cambodia had a rich and powerful past under the Hindu state of Funan and the Kingdom of Angkor, by the mid-19th century the country was on the verge of dissolution. After repeated requests for French assistance, a protectorate was established in 1863. By 1884, Cambodia was a virtua...
During his reign, Cambodia was a French protectorate. Monivong was the grandson of the poet-king Ang Duong, grandfather of Norodom Sihanouk and the great-grandfather of the current king, Norodom Sihamoni. His full regnal title and style was ព្រះបាទសម្តេច...
In 1863, the ruler of Cambodia sought protection ofFrancedue to numerous disputes with neighboring Thailand and Thailand became “protectorate of France” from 1867 to 1953. In 1953 the whole Indochina got its independence from France including Vietnam and Cambodia. ...
King Norodom the First, who came into power in 1834, negotiated a deal with France for Cambodia to become a protectorate in hopes of saving his country from further decline and to protect itself from its increasingly powerful neighbours. In 1863, Cambodia became part of French Indochina, and ...
protectorate over his severely weakened kingdom, halting the country's dismemberment by Thailand and Vietnam. For the next 90 years, France ruled Cambodia. In theory, French administration was indirect, but in practice the word of French officials was final on all major subjects-including the ...