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Calakmul

Capital of the Kaan ('Snake') dynasty, a Maya superpower that rivalled and repeatedly warred with Tikal for control of the lowlands; its emblem glyph appears in more hieroglyphic texts across the Maya world than any other city's.

Dated events and their evidence

• 1,000 BCE mainstream
  earliest Preclassic settlement source
• 900 CE mainstream
  Terminal Classic collapse alongside Tikal source

Where

18.1054° N, 89.8108° W

Sources

• https://doi.org/10.2307/971834
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calakmul

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