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Monday, August 13, 2007
Urban Sprawl Might Have Doomed Angkor Wat
Angkor was surrounded by a vast expanse of rice fields that would have required extensive forest clearance. Over time, the intense farming could have led to serious ecological problems, including those associated with deforestation, overpopulation, topsoil degradation and erosion.
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