Henry II was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189. He was the eldest son of Geoffrey of Anjou and Empress Matilda, and through his inheritances and his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine he controlled England, much of France and parts of Wales, Ireland and Scotland. Historians call his French lands the Angevin Empire. His conflict with Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, ended in Becket's murder in 1170. In 1173 his sons rebelled against him, backed by several European states, and he defeated the revolt through military action and loyal administrators. Pressure from his sons and from King Philip II of France led to his final defeat in 1189. His empire collapsed under his son John, but his legal reforms are widely seen as a foundation of English common law.

Israeli reports also say the cabinet directed the military to prepare for a possible new attack on Iran.

Angkor, near Siem Reap in northern Cambodia, was the capital of the Khmer Empire, which ruled much of mainland Southeast Asia between roughly the 9th and 15th centuries. At its height the city spread across about 3,000 square kilometres, making it the largest pre-industrial city on Earth by area. Its growth depended on water: huge reservoirs called barays, along with canals and embankments, stored monsoon rain and carried it to rice fields. That system let farmers harvest more than once a year and fed a very large population through the dry season. The temple complex of Angkor Wat, built in the early 12th century, is the best-known monument and still stands at the heart of the park.