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The monarchy of Tikal is the oldest yet known in the Maya Lowlands, having been founded at the turn of the 1st century AD. [1] The dynasty is last attested in the late 9th century, after a span of some 800 years and at least 33 rulers. [2]
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Kaloomteʼ Bahlam, [N 1] also known as Curl Head (died after c. 527), was an ajaw or lord of the Maya city of Tikal. He took the throne on c. 511. [1] He co-ruled with a Lady of Tikal. The monuments associated with Kaloomteʼ Bahlam are Stelae 10, 12 and 25. [1]
The king of Calakmul, staunch enemy of Tikal, Yuknoom Ch'een II took advantage of the circumstances to "divide and conquer"; he chose the smaller and presumably weaker of the two sides first. On 20 December 650 A.D., Calakmul attacks Dos Pilas and B'ajlaj, then 25 years old, had to flee to the city of Aguateca .
[23] [41] Within a year, the son of Spearthrower Owl by the name of Yax Nuun Ahiin I (First Crocodile) had been installed as the fifteenth king of Tikal while he was still a boy, being enthroned on 13 September 379. [41] [42] He reigned for 47 years as king of Tikal, and remained a vassal of Siyaj Kʼakʼ for as long as the latter lived. It ...
Identified by Mayanist epigraphers as the 27th ruler in Tikal's dynastic succession, [3] Yikʼin Chan Kʼawiil was one of Tikal's most successful and expansionary rulers, consolidating the political gains won by his father, Jasaw Chan Kʼawiil I. During his reign prolific building works were undertaken at Tikal, with a number of the site's ...
Chak Tok Ichʼaak I [N 1] also known as Great Paw, Great Jaguar Paw, and Toh Chak Ichʼak (died 14 January 378) was an ajaw of the Maya city of Tikal.He took the throne on 7 August 360 and reigned until his death in 378, apparently at the hands of invaders from central Mexico.