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Fair and reliable reporting on Medieval Angkor

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What are the dangers of relying on one historical source for an understanding of an ancient society? How important is it for historians to verify information? In this animation of one of history's most significant documents, Zhou Dugaun's 'A Record of Cambodia: the land and its People', consider the reliability of Zhou's observations and the biases he brings to his writing. This clip is the second in a series of two.

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Topics Cultural interaction Religion Agriculture Environmental management Political systems Composers (Texts) Water resources Economy Cambodian history Climate change Terrorism Evidence Judgement Explorers Political leaders Heritage Information literacy Inventions Japanese history Modernisation Temples Significant people Pacific Island history Historical sources MÄori history Clans

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