{"slug": "quirigua", "label": "Quiriguá", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quirigu%C3%A1", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q318422", "qid": "Q318422", "description": "ancient Maya archaeological site in south-eastern Guatemala", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [550, 785], "span_label": ["550 CE", "785 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "guatemala", "label": "Guatemala", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "copan", "label": "Copán", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "maya-civilization", "label": "Maya civilization", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "maya-rulers", "label": "Maya rulers", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "honduras", "label": "Honduras", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "calakmul", "label": "Calakmul", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 550, "year_label": "550 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Construction of Quiriguá (Guatemala) begins (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340799644#Americas", "title": "550", "revid": 1340799644, "section": "Events › By place › Americas"}}, {"year": 734, "year_label": "734 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "During the Third Tikal–Calakmul War, Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Yopaat gives himself the title k’uhul ajaw, thus declaring Quiriguá's independence from Copán.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809669#Mesoamerica", "title": "734", "revid": 1340809669, "section": "Events › By place › Mesoamerica"}}, {"year": 736, "year_label": "736 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Third Tikal-Calakmul War: A diplomatic team from Calakmul, led by Wamaw K'awiil, meets with Quiriguá leader K’ak Tiliw Chan Yopaa, in an attempt to negotiate an end to the city's rebellion.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809679#Central_America", "title": "736", "revid": 1340809679, "section": "Events › By place › Central America"}}, {"year": 736, "year_label": "736 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 15", "text": "June 15 – Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil (\"Eighteen Rabbit\"), ruler of the Mayan city state of Copán in Honduras is defeated in battle by Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Yopaat, the ruler of Quiriguá (in Guatemala), and is beheaded. K'ak' (\"Smoke Monkey\") rules until his death in 749.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809679#Central_America", "title": "736", "revid": 1340809679, "section": "Events › By place › Central America"}}, {"year": 738, "year_label": "738 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Mayan city-state Xukpi (Copán) is defeated by a rival city-state, Quiriguá. Xukpi leader Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil (\"Eighteen Rabbit\") is deposed thereafter.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809691#Mesoamerica", "title": "738", "revid": 1340809691, "section": "Events › By place › Mesoamerica"}}, {"year": 771, "year_label": "771 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 24", "text": "January 24 – Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Yopaat dedicates a 65-ton stele, the largest stone known to be quarried by the Maya civilization, at his city of Quiriguá.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340847758#Americas", "title": "771", "revid": 1340847758, "section": "Events › By place › Americas"}}, {"year": 785, "year_label": "785 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "K'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaat, king of Quiriguá (Guatemala)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351342449#Deaths", "title": "785", "revid": 1351342449, "section": "Deaths"}}]}