At the end of the ninth century under Yashovarman I, the Angkor state was strengthened, Buddhist monasteries were built, and a new capital was founded on the site of the former Angkor. At the same time, the construction of a grandiose irrigation system began. The whole area was divided into squares of rice fields. Powerful reservoirs provided a regulated supply of water to the fields all year round. Reservoirs for the accumulation of moisture were not dug out, but were created with the help of embankments. The maintenance and development of the irrigation system became the most important duty of the Angkor kings. Many of them went down in history as the builders of not only temples, but also irrigation facilities. Agriculture required well-coordinated work, so it was convenient for the peasants to live and work in communities. Farmers collected three full-fledged crops a year and almost did not depend on weather conditions. They had something to take to the royal palace and temples. Therefore, the Angkor kings also took care of the condition of the roads. But not only in the palace and temples wagons with grain and oil stretched. 938 villages carried a duty that is completely unusual in our eyes - they supplied food to 102 clinics located throughout the country, and several hospitals in the capital. Each clinic had 2 doctors, 7 assistants, 14 nurses, 2 cooks and 6 attendants. The arrangement of hospitals and the list of medicines used by Cambodian doctors suggest that the medicine of Ancient Cambodia was not inferior to the medicine of Europe at that time, and perhaps even surpassed it.
From the 13th century begins the slow extinction of the Angkor state. In the XIV century. Angkor was captured by foreign Siamese tribes. According to legend, after a seven-month unsuccessful siege of the city, the Siamese king ordered silver coins to be fired. The defenders of Angkor rushed to collect nonets, and the Siamese warriors broke into the besieged city.
Almost simultaneously with the Angkor Empire, the state of Pagan rose on the territory of modern Myanmar. In Chinese chronicles, its history dates back to the 2nd century BC. AD In the XI century. the wise and enlightened king Anoratha united all Myanmar lands and made Pagan the capital of the empire. Anoratha tried to establish Buddhism in the country, with which writing came to Myanmar. For the sake of this, he conquered the kingdom south of Pagan, in which sacred manuscripts were kept. The inhabitants of this kingdom were enslaved. With the help of thousands of slaves, Anoratha erected beautiful Buddhist temples (pagodas) in the valley of the Irrawaddy River. Pagan maintained extensive trade relations with India and China. People came here to study sciences from other countries. At the time of its heyday, the capital of the state was buried in the greenery of gardens. The city was decorated with 4 million large and small pagodas. The largest building was Tabinyu Temple, which symbolized the omniscience of the Buddha. The first monument of Myanmar writing that has come down to us is the slab of King Narapatisitu, who lived at the turn of the 11th-12th centuries, reports on the construction of dams, irrigation canals and pagodas, and military campaigns. The Pagan kingdom knew criminal and civil law. There were three judicial instances: the highest court with the participation of the king, the lower court and the court of appeal.
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