OpenHistoricalMap/Projects/Mayan Empire

Project Overview

The idea is to create the first Mayan city state map (I haven't found such a map as of yet.) By drawing boundaries between each city, we create a city state. When one city state conquers another city, then that territory gets added to that city state.

Downloading the data

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  nwr["empire"="mayan"];

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Rise and Fall of the city states

B'aakul Kingdom

capital Palenque

Kaanu'l Ajawlel (Snake Kingdom)

commonly known as Calakmul

• /300 founded
• 300 Dziban'che is the capital
• 500 Pa'Chan established as a buffer against Mutul

562 Ruler K'ahk' Ti' Ch'ich' Ajsaakil of Dzibanche defeats Tikal (Does this mean they didn't rule over them?)

• 635 Calakmul becomes capital
• 650 Ik'a switches allegiance to Kaanu'l
• 652 Kaanu'l seizes Itzan from Petexbatún
• 657 Calakmul invades and defeats Tikal again, conquering the city and turning its ruler Nuun Ujol Chaak into a vassal.
• 695 Tikal defeats Calakmul
• 715 Ik'a switches allegiance to Mutul
• 744 Pa'Chan attacked by Mutul and possibly destroyed
• 909 kingdom abandoned

Mutul (Mutul Kingdom)

commonly known as Tikal

• -350 founded
• 378 Uaxactun conquered
• 390 Ik'a refes to Mutul as it's overlords
• 500 Pa'Chan established as a buffer against Mutul
• 562 Ruler K'ahk' Ti' Ch'ich' Ajsaakil of Dzibanche defeats Tikal
• 650 Ik'a switches allegiance to Kaanu'l
• 657 Calakmul invades and defeats Tikal again, conquering the city and turning its ruler Nuun Ujol Chaak into a vassal.
• 695 Tikal defeats Calakmul
• 715 Ik'a switches allegiance to Mutul
• 744 Tikal destroys Naranjo and El Peru, allies of Calakmul
• 790 Petexbatún conquers Ik'a
• 900 Tikal and Uaxactun abandoned

Petexbatún (Dos Pilas)

• 300 founded
• 652 Kaanu'l seizes Itzan from Petexbatún
• 790 Petexbatún conquers Ik'a
• 950 abandoned