{"slug": "chichen-itza", "label": "Chichen Itza", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichen_Itza", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5859", "qid": "Q5859", "description": "pre-Columbian Maya city in Mexico", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [455, 2012], "span_label": ["455 CE", "2012 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "guatemala", "label": "Guatemala", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "maya-civilization", "label": "Maya civilization", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "yucatan-peninsula", "label": "Yucatán Peninsula", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "mexico", "label": "Mexico", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "honduras", "label": "Honduras", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tikal", "label": "Tikal", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "el-salvador", "label": "El Salvador", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "maya-peoples", "label": "Maya peoples", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 455, "year_label": "455 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "Earliest recorded date at Chichen Itza on the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico) (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364739434#Mesoamerica", "title": "455", "revid": 1364739434, "section": "Events › By place › Mesoamerica"}}, {"year": 1179, "year_label": "1179 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": null, "text": "The Maya city Chichen Itza is sacked and burned by Hunac Ceel, ruler of Mayapan (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363299926#Mesoamerica", "title": "1179", "revid": 1363299926, "section": "Events › By place › Mesoamerica"}}, {"year": 1194, "year_label": "1194 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Hunac Ceel drives the Itza people out of Chichen Itza, forcing them to start the Itza Kingdom on Lake Petén Itzá (modern Guatemala).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1292975381#Mesoamerica", "title": "1194", "revid": 1292975381, "section": "Events › By place › Mesoamerica"}}, {"year": 1221, "year_label": "1221 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Maya of the Yucatán revolt against the rulers of Chichen Itza.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363300593#Mesoamerica", "title": "1221", "revid": 1363300593, "section": "Events › By place › Mesoamerica"}}, {"year": 1531, "year_label": "1531 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Conquistador Francisco de Montejo claims Chichen Itza as capital of Spanish-ruled Yucatán.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359939156#Date_unknown", "title": "1531", "revid": 1359939156, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 2012, "year_label": "2012 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 21", "text": "December 21 – 2012 phenomenon: End of 13th b'ak'tun in the Mayan calendar, supposed end of the world according to new age beliefs. Festivities took place to commemorate the event in the countries that were part of the Maya civilization (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador), with main events at Chichén Itzá in Mexico and Tikal in Guatemala.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373434549#December", "title": "2012", "revid": 1373434549, "section": "Events › December"}}]}