Tikal
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Was a Mesoamerican city-state located in Mexico.
Establishment
January 349 BC: Though monumental architecture at the site dates back as far as the 4th century BC, Tikal reached its apogee during the Classic Period, c. 200 to 900. During this time, the city dominated much of the Maya region politically, economically, and militarily, while interacting with areas throughout Mesoamerica such as the great metropolis of Teotihuacan in the distant Valley of Mexico.
January 349 BC: There is evidence that Tikal was conquered by Teotihuacan in the 4th century BC.
Chronology
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Were a series of wars, mainly between Tikal and Calakmul on the Yucatán Peninsula.
1.1.Second Tikal-Calakmul War
Was a war between Tikal and Calakmul, two polities of central America.
January 658: B'alaj Chan K'awiil initially fled into exile, but then opted to switch sides and restored his rule of Dos Pilas, this time under Calakmul's dominance. Supported by his new allies, Dos Pilas consequently began a destructive "proxy war" against its old mother city. He won the war with Tikal, captured and sacrificed the city's ruler (his own brother).
January 696: From then until 695, three years after B'alaj's death, Calakmul factually dominated Tikal. In 695, under the leadership of Jasaw Chan K'awiil I, Tikal won a major battle with Calakmul and turned the tables.
1.2.Third Tikal-Calakmul War
Was a war between Tikal and Calakmul, two polities of central America.
January 744: In 743, the Mayan city-state of Tikal conquered the territory of El Peru. Tikal was a powerful city-state in the region, known for its impressive architecture and military strength. El Peru was a smaller settlement that was likely absorbed into the expanding Tikal empire.
The central American city-state of Tikal attacked and captured the city of Dos Pilas in AD 672.
January 673: King Nuun Ujol Chaak of Tikal attacked and captured Dos Pilas in AD 672.
January 379: Linda Schele, in A Forest of Kings, devotes an entire chapter to a war between Tikal and Uaxactun, in which Uaxactun was defeated by forces led by Fire is Born (Siyaj K'ak', formerly identified as Smoking Frog) of Tikal. In this chapter, she also gives a brief overview of the known history of Uaxactun up to the final year of the war (378 AD) and of the Uaxactun kings who claimed descent from Fire is Born. The combined political entity of Tikal-Uaxactun dominated the Guatemalan Petén for the following 180 years.
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.
Disestablishment
January 1001: Following the end of the Late Classic Period, no new major monuments were built at Tikal and there is evidence that elite palaces were burned. These events were coupled with a gradual population decline, culminating with the site's abandonment by the end of the 10th century.
