Cambodia - The Silk Road and the Spice Trade

Cambodia has always been in a significant position for colonizers, but what is there a product that everybody was hungry for from the outside? Why did my people, the Scots, get on a boat to go there? I come from thieves and plunder. Most of what they produce was rice. Cambodia's history is heavily based on sort of conflicts between Vietnam,. Like Vietnam is their traditional enemy because Vietnam is like the big regional power.