{"slug": "tikal", "label": "Tikal", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikal", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181172", "qid": "Q181172", "description": "ruins of major ancient Maya city", "entries": 27, "years": 25, "span": [292, 2012], "span_label": ["292 CE", "2012 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 13}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 5}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 4}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "guatemala", "label": "Guatemala", "shared": 14}, {"slug": "calakmul", "label": "Calakmul", "shared": 9}, {"slug": "maya-civilization", "label": "Maya civilization", "shared": 8}, {"slug": "balaj-chan-kawiil", "label": "Bʼalaj Chan Kʼawiil", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "mexico", "label": "Mexico", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "belize", "label": "Belize", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "dos-pilas", "label": "Dos Pilas", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "maya-rulers", "label": "Maya rulers", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "naranjo", "label": "Naranjo", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "honduras", "label": "Honduras", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "el-salvador", "label": "El Salvador", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "teotihuacan", "label": "Teotihuacan", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 292, "year_label": "292 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The oldest known Mayan stele is erected at the capital Tikal (modern Guatemala).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367495826#Mesoamerica", "title": "292", "revid": 1367495826, "section": "Events › By place › Mesoamerica"}}, {"year": 300, "year_label": "300 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The Mayan civilization reaches its most prolific period, the classic period, in what is now Guatemala, Belize and parts of southern Mexico adjacent to the former two. During most of this period, Tikal dominates the Mayan world.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361492719#Mesoamerica", "title": "300", "revid": 1361492719, "section": "Events › By place › Mesoamerica"}}, {"year": 378, "year_label": "378 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal on January 16.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1309998773#Mesoamerica", "title": "378", "revid": 1309998773, "section": "Events › By place › Mesoamerica"}}, {"year": 379, "year_label": "379 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 13", "text": "September 13 – Yax Nuun Ayiin (I) becomes ruler of Tikal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367645183#Mesoamerica", "title": "379", "revid": 1367645183, "section": "Events › By place › Mesoamerica"}}, {"year": 411, "year_label": "411 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Yax Nuun Ahiin I, king of Tikal (Guatemala) (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367645014#Deaths", "title": "AD 411", "revid": 1367645014, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 425, "year_label": "425 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Yax Nuun Ahiin I 15th Ajaw of Tikal (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367645280#Deaths", "title": "425", "revid": 1367645280, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 500, "year_label": "500 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Tikal is founded (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361340160#Mesoamerica", "title": "AD 500", "revid": 1361340160, "section": "Events › By place › Mesoamerica"}}, {"year": 501, "year_label": "501 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Maya are peaking in economic prosperity. The civilization at Teotihuacan begins to decline and its people are migrating to the greatest Mayan city, Tikal, bringing with them ideas about weaponry and new ritual practices.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340790337#Central_America", "title": "501", "revid": 1340790337, "section": "Events › By place › Central America"}}, {"year": 562, "year_label": "562 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "First Tikal-Calakmul War: The Maya state of Caracol (Belize) defeats King Wak Chan K'awiil (Double Bird) of Tikal in battle, ending his dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749268#Mesoamerica", "title": "562", "revid": 1364749268, "section": "Events › By place › Mesoamerica"}}, {"year": 572, "year_label": "572 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Calakmul defeats Tikal, bringing an end to the First Tikal-Calakmul War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340801019#Mesoamerica", "title": "572", "revid": 1340801019, "section": "Events › By place › Mesoamerica"}}, {"year": 629, "year_label": "629 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The Maya military outpost of Dos Pilas (Guatemala) is founded, in order to control trade routes in the Petexbatún region. Bʼalaj Chan Kʼawiil is installed as its leader by his father, K'inich Muwaan Jol II, the ruler of Tikal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340803532#Americas", "title": "629", "revid": 1340803532, "section": "Events › By place › Americas"}}, {"year": 648, "year_label": "648 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Dos Pilas breaks away from Tikal and becomes a vassal state of Calakmul.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804464#Americas", "title": "648", "revid": 1340804464, "section": "Events › By place › Americas"}}, {"year": 650, "year_label": "650 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Yuknoom Chʼeen II, ruler of Calakmul, attacks Dos Pilas and forces its leader, Bʼalaj Chan Kʼawiil, and a likely heir to the throne of Tikal, to take refuge at Aguateca, beginning the Second Tikal–Calakmul War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804422#Americas", "title": "650", "revid": 1340804422, "section": "Events › By place › Americas"}}, {"year": 657, "year_label": "657 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "In the course of the Second Tikal–Calakmul War, the Snake Lord (Yuknoom Ch'een II) makes a direct attack against Tikal itself, driving out its new ruler Nuun Ujol Chaak, and establishing Calakmul as the regional superpower. Bʼalaj Chan Kʼawiil, the one time heir apparent to rule Tikal, swears his allegiance to the new overlord.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804374#Americas", "title": "657", "revid": 1340804374, "section": "Events › By place › Americas"}}, {"year": 679, "year_label": "679 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Nuun Ujol Chaak, an ajaw of the Maya city of Tikal, is by this year deceased, after his final defeat at the hands of Bʼalaj Chan Kʼawiil, during the Second Tikal–Calakmul War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349204947#Americas", "title": "AD 679", "revid": 1349204947, "section": "Events › By place › Americas"}}, {"year": 682, "year_label": "682 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Jasaw Chan Kʼawiil I starts to rule in Tikal (modern Guatemala) during the Late Classic period.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347973674#Mesoamerica", "title": "682", "revid": 1347973674, "section": "Events › By place › Mesoamerica"}}, {"year": 695, "year_label": "695 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Mayan city state of Tikal defeats Calakmul in what is now Guatemala, ending a centuries-long rivalry, but ushering in another century of warfare that ultimately leads to both cities' abandonment in the 9th century.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806239#Central_America", "title": "695", "revid": 1340806239, "section": "Events › By place › Central America"}}, {"year": 700, "year_label": "700 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Maya civilization: Tikal Temple I, called the \"Temple of the Giant Jaguar\" (tomb of Jasaw Chan Kʼawiil I), Tikal, (Guatemala), is built.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806781#Mesoamerica", "title": "700", "revid": 1340806781, "section": "Events › By place › Mesoamerica"}}, {"year": 734, "year_label": "734 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Jasaw Chan Kʼawiil I, ruler (ajaw) of Tikal (Guatemala), dies after a 52-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Yikʼin Chan Kʼawiil, who becomes one of Tikal's most successful and expansionary rulers during the Late Classic period.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809669#Mesoamerica", "title": "734", "revid": 1340809669, "section": "Events › By place › Mesoamerica"}}, {"year": 734, "year_label": "734 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Jasaw Chan Kʼawiil I, ruler (ajaw) of Tikal", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809669#Deaths", "title": "734", "revid": 1340809669, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 736, "year_label": "736 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Mayan city state of Tikal defeats Calakmul in what is now Guatemala, ending a centuries-long rivalry, but ushering in another century of warfare that ultimately leads to both cities' abandonment in the 9th century.", "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": null, "text": "Yik'in Chan K'awiil, ruler (ajaw) of the leading Maya city state of Tikal (modern-day Guatemala), conquers rival Calakmul, within the northern Petén region of the Yucatán region (Southern Mexico).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809679#Central_America", "title": "736", "revid": 1340809679, "section": "Events › By place › Central America"}}, {"year": 743, "year_label": "743 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "In one of the final battles of the Third Tikal-Calakmul War, the city of El Peru is taken by Tikal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364906425#Americas", "title": "743", "revid": 1364906425, "section": "Events › By place › Americas"}}, {"year": 744, "year_label": "744 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 4", "text": "February 4 – In the Third Tikal-Calakmul War in what is now Guatemala, the Mayan city-state of Tikal conquers the state of Naranjo and captures its king, Yax Mayuy Chan Chaak, who is subsequently sacrificed. The conquest by Tikal destroys Calakmul's once powerful and extensive network of allies, vassal states and trade networks.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1305046877#Central_America", "title": "744", "revid": 1305046877, "section": "Events › By place › Central America"}}, {"year": 810, "year_label": "810 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Tikal Temple III, also known as the Temple of the Jaguar Priest, is constructed in Tikal National Park (modern Guatemala).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848812#Religion", "title": "810", "revid": 1340848812, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 869, "year_label": "869 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The last monument ever erected at Tikal, Stela 11, is dedicated by ruler (ajaw) Jasaw Chan Kʼawiil II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369351830#Mesoamerica", "title": "869", "revid": 1369351830, "section": "Events › By place › Mesoamerica"}}, {"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"}}]}