Oc Eo is a Funan culture site in Vietnam, and it was discovered ca AD 250 by explorers from the Wu Dynasty emperors who described what was to become the Angkor Wat civilization as a sophisticated culture with a walled settlement, a king, and a taxation system.
The Angkor civilization, also called the Khmer civilization, dominated southeast Asia including Cambodia, Vietnam and parts of Thailand between between 800 to 1300 AD. Its rituals and symbols included an amalgam of cultural traits from Buddhist and Hindu traditions.
Oc Eo and Angkor Wat
- Oc Eo (Vietnam)
- Angkor Wat (Cambodia)
- Funan Culture


