Cocom
Maya civilization |
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History |
Preclassic Maya |
Classic Maya collapse |
Spanish conquest of the Maya |
The Cocom or Cocomes were a Maya family or dynasty who controlled the Yucatán Peninsula in the late Postclassic period. Their capital was at Mayapan. The dynasty was founded by Hunac Ceel, and was overthrown sometime between 1440 and 1441 by Ah Xupan of the Xiu lineage.[1]
References[]
- ^ Hassig, Ross (1992). War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica. University of California Press. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-520-07734-8.
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- Mayan chiefdoms of the Yucatán Peninsula
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- 15th-century disestablishments in the Maya civilization
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