Copán
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Was a Mesoamerican city-state located in Honduras.
Establishment
January 451: Little is known of the rulers of Copán before the founding of a new dynasty with its origins at Tikal in the early 5th century AD, although the city's origins can be traced back to the Preclassic period. After this, Copán became one of the more powerful Maya city states and was a regional power in the southern Maya region.
Chronology
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Were a series of wars, mainly between Tikal and Calakmul on the Yucatán Peninsula.
1.1.Third Tikal-Calakmul War
Was a war between Tikal and Calakmul, two polities of central America.
January 735: In 734 at Altar M in Quiriguá, K’ak Tiliw Chan Yopaat gave himself the title k’uhul ajaw, thus declaring Quiriguá’s independence from Copán.
Disestablishment
January 831: Ukit Took' was the last Ajaw of Copan. He came to the throne on 6 February 822. He commissioned Altar L in the style of Altar Q but the monument was never finished — one face shows the enthronement of the king and a second face was started but two others were completely blank. The long line of kings at the once great city had come to an end. Before the end, even the nobility had been struck by disease, perhaps because epidemics among the malnourished masses spread to the elite. With the end of political authority at the city the population collapsed to a fraction of what it had been at its height. This collapse of the city-state, which people believe occurred sometime between 822 and 830 AD, was sudden.
