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Name: Tzʼutujil Kingdom

Type: Polity

Start: 901 AD

End: 1524 AD

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Was a polity founded by the Tzʼutujil people in Guatemala.

Establishment


  • January 901: The Tzʼutujil date from the post-classic period (circa 900-1500) of the Maya civilization.
  • Chronology


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    1. Spanish wars of colonization in the Americas


    Were a series of expeditions and military campaigns by Spanish conquistadores and discoverers to conquer territories in central and southern America.

    1.1.Spanish conquest of Guatemala

    Was a protracted conflict where Spanish colonisers gradually incorporated the territory that became the modern country of Guatemala into the colonial Viceroyalty of New Spain.

  • January 1523: In 1522 Spanish conquistador Cortés sent Mexican allies to scout the Soconusco region of lowland Chiapas, where they met new delegations from Iximche and Qʼumarkaj at Tuxpán. Both of the powerful highland Maya kingdoms declared their loyalty to the king of Spain.
  • February 1524: Battle of Zapotitlán (modern-day department of Suchitepéquez): Spanish victory over the K'iche '.
  • April 1524: In 1524, Spanish conquistador Pedro de Alvarado led the defeat of the Tzʼutujil Kingdom on the shores of Lake Atitlán in present-day Guatemala. This marked the incorporation of the territory into the Spanish America colonial empire.

  • Disestablishment


  • February 1524: Battle of Zapotitlán (modern-day department of Suchitepéquez): Spanish victory over the K'iche '.
  • April 1524: In 1524, Spanish conquistador Pedro de Alvarado led the defeat of the Tzʼutujil Kingdom on the shores of Lake Atitlán in present-day Guatemala. This marked the incorporation of the territory into the Spanish America colonial empire.
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