Analysis Of Images:![]() . Ancient Khmer statue:(Olivia Craus)
See:-Bare chested and barefoot women. -The women are wearing lots of jewels. -A stone statue, engraved with images of ladies -The women have jewellery around their neck, wrists, bodice, ankles and head Think:-The women are probably high in the social hierarchy because of their jewels. wonder: -When was this made? -Who are the ladies and what are they doing? http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PXtjgnYBTQc/TUd4Kf4KBsI/AAA AAAAAAAM/KpY5F59uKlY/s1600/cambodia_angkor_apsara.jpg http://www.bing.com/images/searchq=hoouses+on+the+tonal+sap+lake&view=detailv2&&id=6
E58BF96C3B3B26B7AD495286C40682B8BEEE15&selectedIndex=4&ccid=Aw4IiBmf&simid=6 08054120466942392&thid=OIP.M030e0888199 a505780e347ba62e7e12o0&ajaxhist=0 Houses by the Tonal Sap Lake: (Olivia Craus) See: -Basic houses on stilts. -Canoes by the houses. -Ladders, to climb into the houses from the boats. -The houses are very closed together. -Most of the houses look similar. -There is plant life growing around the houses. Think: -The houses could be prone to water damage. -Children and women might not have been able to leave the house because of their inability to row a canoe -If there were strong waves, the houses might have been strongly impacted. -It was a good idea to make the houses next to the lake so that they could have fast access to water but, the houses could have been built better. -The houses would have been extremely difficult to build during the wet season. -Houses built in similar conditions today, use stronger materials and are safer. wonder: -Who's idea was it to make the houses right on the lake? -When were the houses built? -When was this photo taken? Historic Responseshow were and how did the angkor people live? -ALYSSA MONTALVO
http://www.livescience.com/23841-angkor-wat.html 50, 133, 265 MORE Built between roughly A.D. 1113 and 1150, and encompassing an area of about 500 acres (200 hectares), Angkor Wat is one of the largest religious monuments ever constructed. Its name means “temple city.”Originally built as a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Vishnu, it was converted into a Buddhist temple in the 14th century, and statues of Buddha were added to its already rich artwork. Its 213-foot-tall (65 meters) central tower is surrounded by four smaller towers and a series of enclosure walls, a layout that recreates the image of Mount Meru, a legendary place in Hindu mythology that is said to lie beyond the Himalayas and be the home of the gods. The city where the temple was built, Angkor, is located in modern-day Cambodia and was once the capital of the Khmer Empire. This city contains hundreds of temples. The population may have been over 1 million people. It was easily the largest city in the world until the Industrial Revolution.Recent research using airborne laser scanning (lidar) has shown that Angkor contains an urban core that could have held 500,000 people and a vast hinterland that could have held many more inhabitants. Researchers have also identified a ‘lost’ city called Mahendraparvata, which is located about 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of Angkor Wat. what the text mean - they are many people who live there -they are 500,00 people -they were so many building and statues and many temples question about the text -why were they so many statues -why do only buddhist live there |
Historic ResponsesWhat were the living conditions for the Khmer people? BY OLIVIA CRAUS
Oxford Big Ideas ; Geography & History Chp 8 Pgs 372-375 Information gathered from the text: Interpretation of the diagram Information from records Houses were clustered around communal house ponds, that provided the people with a shared source of fish. A number of houses were designed on stilts so that they could ‘float’ on top of the surface of the lake when the water levels reached their peak in the wet season. The houses were simple structures built by peasants and farmers and they were built on the edge of the lake, but during the wet seasons, they appeared to float on the water. The houses were built with bamboo stilts and had thatched roofs. Rice fields covered vast lands surrounding the living quarters. The people were provided with fresh water by the Tonal Sap Lake. The only written records about daily life during the time were written by Zhou Daguan, which described the daily lives of groups ranging from kings and nobles, to peasants and slaves . Women and men both went barefoot and bare chested and some wore simple clothing pieces, such as cloths, that were wrapped around their waists. Some higher women also wore some jewellery. The size of a person’s house depended on how wealthy their family is and how high they are in the social chain. Their diets consisted of mainly rice and fish, as staple foods but, Khmer kings and people with high social status got to eat a range of tropical fruits and vegetables, particularly bananas and melons. Stone carvings on the Bayon Temple, located in Angkor Thom, displays images of men slaughtering pigs, possibly to eat . Ordinary families had bare houses, containing only; a clay pot, to cook rice; a stove, composed of three stones on the ground; clay or copper dishes for food and saucepans for cooking; and small spoons made from leaves. What the text means: -The housing system was pretty well thought out and advanced for the time, but the houses could have been prone to flooding and fragile. -Zhou Daguan’s records and the carvings are primary sources. -The materials of the houses would also depend on how rich a family was and how high their social status was. -The houses would have been small and clustered, but this did not matter because they had barely any furniture to take up space, and they way they were only using the necessary amount of materials and not wasting any. -Richer people, with high social statuses would have been the people with jewellery and cloths wrapped around their waists. Questions developed due to the text: Were the houses split, so that kings and nobles lived in separate areas to the common people and slaves? If their supply of water was primarily from the Tonal Sap Lake, did any come from the Mekong River? Where did the higher people get their exotic fruit and vegetable from? Were the food portions small or large? And how many meals did they have a day? OPINION PIECE: Overall, the living conditions for all member of the social hierarchy were pretty good according to Zhou Daguan’s records. Housing wise, the houses were simple structure, built around the Tonal Sap Lake in communal house ponds, with a small amount of basic furniture and cutlery. Food and water wise, the people were very blessed with a stable rice and fish diet. The only eerie thing is that both women and men didn’t wear tops, which could mean they would be more prone to sickness and that in colder seasons they would be freezing. In today’s society, materials and supplies are much more advanced than they were back in the days of the Khmer Empire however, the Khmers had extremely good housing, and food and water systems for the time and with their materials. Word FindKhmer Living Conditions Word Find (By Olivia Craus) S H E M B D T A M X I D T F T E S B C H A N C M H S I L Y T S I E E I G R H Z I U O Q L A U F W E K R O E O R A Q X R Q O I D O B M E Y F T X M O S G H V R A H Y R C I E Q Z I I N E E E Q C L I N X R E M H K Z L M S B Y T G L W A V T O E O P P O W O H Y D B W Y S F B N M I S X O E M T U Q E M K S H I R E U L A U Z B D Q A G A D S E S E K A L P A S L A N O T H E R I C E F I E L D S H J S S U L J L P J Y E L X E A H H H C G K L J O J D Y F I P O M ANGKOR BAREFEET EMPIRE EXOTICFRUIT FISH FLOATINGHOUSES KHMER RICE RICEFIELDS SIMPLEHOUSES TONALSAPLAKE |
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