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Tak’alik Ab’aj

800 BCE – 900 CE · 1,700 years

Guatemalan ceremonial and trading center documenting connections between Olmec and early Maya cultures, approximately 800 BC–900 AD.

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–1000 BCE)
  2. Maize farmers (700 BCE–400 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Maya chiefdoms and states (323 BCE–400 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Maya states (500 CE–700 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  5. Maya city-states (800 CE–900 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  6. No border recorded here in this snapshot (1000 CE–1400 CE)
  7. Winaq Qo’ (Mam) (1492 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  8. No border recorded here in this snapshot (1500 CE)
  9. New Spain (1530 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  10. Vice-Royalty of New Spain (1600 CE–1815 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  11. Guatemala (1880 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
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  • Approximate

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400 BCE – 900 CE

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600 BCE – still standing

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Monte Albán

Attested 323 BCE – 700 CE

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700 CE – 1300 CE

Conflict · Americas

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200 BCE – 500 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 800 BCE and 900 CE.

600 BCE Tikal 600 BCE San Agustín Archaeological Park 600 BCE Tierradentro 600 BCE Calakmul 600 BCE El Tajín 600 BCE Caracol

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