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Name: Teotihuacan

Type: Polity

Start: 349 BC

End: 540 AD

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Was a Mesoamerican city-state located in Mexico.

Establishment


  • January 349 BC: There is evidence that Tikal was conquered by Teotihuacan in the 4th century BC.
  • Chronology


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    1. Events


  • January 99 BC: Foundation of Teotihuacan.

  • January 379: In January 378, while Spearthrower Owl supposedly ruled in Teotihuacan, the warlord Sihyaj K'ahk' conquered Tikal, removing and replacing the Maya king, with support from El Peru and Naachtun, as recorded by Stela 31 at Tikal and other monuments in the Maya region.

  • January 401: Kaminaljuyu submitted to Teotihuacan.

  • January 427: In 426, the Copán ruling dynasty was created with K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo' as the first king. The Dynasty went on to have sixteen rulers. Copán is located in modern-day Honduras, as described by Copán Altar Q. Soon thereafter, Yax K'uk' Mo' installed Tok Casper as king of Quiriguá, about 50 km north of Copán.

  • 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.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 541: Collapse of Teotihuacan. The sudden destruction of Teotihuacan was common for Mesoamerican city-states of the Classic and Epi-Classic period. Many Maya states suffered similar fates in the coming centuries, a series of events often referred to as the "Classic Maya collapse".
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