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Name: Uaxactun

Type: Polity

Start: 349 BC

End: 378 AD

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Was a Mesoamerican city-state located in Guatemala.

Establishment


  • January 349 BC: Foundation of Uaxactun. The first evidences of human activity (scarce sherds) are dated to Pre-Mamom times.
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    Disestablishment


  • 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.
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