That map is after Angkor was in declined and Majapahit rose. Cambodia was even bigger back then, thats why Thai writing is a simplified version of Khmer and your kings take Indian titles derived from Khmer.

Yes, but the shape of the letters revealed that Thai comes directly from Khmer.

About the Thai script, INDEED no doubt about that. I hate when they claim they got Indianized directly from India and Sinoized directly from China when its only half true, they got Indianized by the existing Mons and the Khmer who they built a culture from because the Thai (Siamese) are neither Mon nor Khmer and are just foreigners who came to live within the SEA household without ever paying rent or the phone bills. But since this was long time ago, things have changed and they have adopted the existing indegenous Mon and Khmer culture their own. I think we should be neutral and not so nationalistic on topics such as these, because in the eyes of the Mon 1000 years ago, the way we act now could be a similar impression on the way Thais are today.

I hate it when they claimed the Khmers had no part in their culture. However, the Siamese recieved much more influence from the Khmers than they did the Mons. The Northern Thais are the only one whose culture can be said is built up on Mon culture, while the Central Thais's culture is wholly Khmer.

smtm I think we r lucky that we left some land to live. Lukier than CHAMPA.

It is very unfortunate about Champa. They were colonized some less than 400 years ago too.

May be small, but the soil is rich and fertile. + the Tonle Sap is a blessing that allows 3 harvests per year. Basically is almost like california in Asia, where the crops keep on growing.

How is it funny? Cambodia was alot bigger than that in the past. There is nothing funny about that map.

Cambodia today is small compared to what it was in the past, but I've realized we're very fortunate. Our country is about the size of new England combined.

Yeah it was bigger, but our ancestors took those land fromt the pre-existing Mons who lived in modern day Thailand. The whole of Thailand was not Khmer, but made up of D'varavati (Mon), Haripunjaya (Mon), Srivijai (Malay?), and other kingdoms. I think the only real native Khmer lands that are really lost is Chenla ( somewhere in Issan area) and Funan (Kampuchea Krom).

i did the same thing, i tried to compare khmer's land to an american state last year and i came up the same thing you did. yes indeed, khmer's land is about the size of the new england states all together.

khmer history is so confused because we dont have the written history of our own. most what we read today is from the second or third parties whose wrote it. most of them are the foreigners. some goes to the different places to gether pieces to put together to make the history book . some go to the wrong place like thailand. they will not get the accurate imfomations about khmer,its all about them now . but its already made as a book, we as a new generation follow what we read and believing it. i thinks we should let go the past. the khmer's land were all split up in to thailand, laos, and vietnam, we khmers created those countries, its all our fault, no one else fault. the khmers people whose live in that part of the countries are atleast the second generations of khmers but they dont read or speak khmer. they no longer consider themself khmer,well only aabout one percent might called themself khmer. that doesnt matter because they will be also assimilate. every few hundred years people change their nationalities. who know three hundred years from now they will be back as khmers. again we should let the past go, there's not much we can do now. only to protect what we have left.