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early 12th century

When a Temple Became a World

Angkor Wat

The towers of Angkor Wat reflected at dusk.
Angkor Wat, Cambodia.Bjørn Christian Tørrissen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source record

The Moment

Architecture, water management, urban planning and cosmology converged on an enormous scale.

The Rethink

A temple could operate as architecture, landscape, infrastructure and cosmological map.