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This country is currently in a dispute with the Met over looted art donated by Douglas Latchford. Garcinia tree resin was made into a yellow pigment named for this country used by Chinese painters and Western artists like J.M.W. Turner. A laterite foundation supports the stone towers of a temple in this country (15[1])that features hundreds of smiling faces that point in the cardinal directions. Shrines called “libraries” flank the cruciform cloister of a site in this country. A west-facing site in this country is home to a massive (*) baray reservoir (10[1])and a sandstone bas (10[1])relief depicting the Churning of the Ocean. In this country, a large square moat surrounds a three-tiered complex with a quincunx of towers representing Mount Meru that was built for Suryavarman II. For 10 points, name this country home to the Khmer temple Angkor Wat. ■END■

ANSWER: Cambodia [or Kingdom of Cambodia; or Kampuchea] (the pigment is gamboge)
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Jason HongUG Championship Players (and Mazin)Watching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again5215
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Victor Pavaonats is supposed to mean you all have gone softColumbia B9410

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