A Record of CambodiaOnly one person has given us a first hand account of the civilization of Angkor. This is the Chinese envoy, Zhou Daguan, who visited Angkor in 129697 and wrote A Record of Cambodia: The Land and Its People after his return to China. To this day Zhous description of the royal palace, sacred buildings, women, traders, slaves, hill people, animals, landscapes, and everyday life remains a unique portrait of thirteenth century Angkor at a time when its