Angkor
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Angkor was the capital city of the Khmer Empire. It was also the rumored location of an Isu temple containing Pieces of Eden, which caused various parties, including the Assassins and Templars, to seek out the lost city in the early 18th century. At that point, the city's ruins were referred to by the locals as the "Lost City" or the "Land of Those Who Came Before".[1]
History
16th century European explorer Ferdinand Magellan, aware of the existence of Pieces of Eden, travelled throughout Southeast Asia looking for them. In the 17th century, at some point prior to 1725, Dutch East India Company navigator Hendrik, following up on Magellan's trail to find Angkor,[2] located the city during a company expedition in the jungles of Indochina and wrote down its location and other valuable information about the site in his personal sea log. Upon becoming stationed in Macau, Hendrik sought to find a way to return to Angkor and approached the Qing merchant Madam Lee to ask her to sponsor an expedition to the lost city, but she turned him down.[3] Around this time, both the Assassins[1] and Templars[4] learned about Angkor and its alleged treasure and sought to find the lost city.
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple (mentioned only)
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