The initial construction of the temple complex began in the twelfth century AD and is estimated to have continued for the next fifty years. ... However, following the king's death in 1150 AD, a date which has been confirmed via written accounts from the time, the laboring that had gone uninterrupted at Angkor for five decades halted. ...

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