The Great Ones · Southeast Asia
Jayavarman VII
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Jayavarman VII

c. 1122–1218

Khmer king and builder of Angkor Thom and its great temples.

Jayavarman VII (c. 1122–1218) endures among the great of Southeast Asia. Khmer king and builder of Angkor Thom and its great temples.

Across the medieval age, this life and its works passed into the shared inheritance of humankind — kept here so the memory is never lost.

Honored among the Great Ones of every civilization. Africa is the cradle of humankind; in the deepest sense, these are everyone’s ancestors — and so this name is kept, from the cradle of humanity to all its children.

Submitted with honor.

Submitted by the Honored Ancestors Editorial Committee.