Skip to content
Conflict Americas

Chichén Itzá Rise and Terminal Classic Collapse

800 CE – 1000 CE · 200 years

During the Terminal Classic, Chichén Itzá rose to dominance in the northern Yucatán, defeating rivals such as Cobá and absorbing Puuc polities while the southern Maya lowland cities collapsed.

See it on the timeline

Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Chichén Itzá
  • Cobá
  • Yaxuná
  • Uxmal and the Puuc cities

Key moments

Defining events in the Chichén Itzá Rise and Terminal Classic Collapse.

  1. c. 950 CE Abandonment of Uxmal and the Puuc sites
  2. c. 900 CE Chichén Itzá conflict with Yaxuná
  3. c. 1000 CE Decline of Cobá

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

See the whole view

Landmark · Americas

Tak’alik Ab’aj

800 BCE – 900 CE

Polity · Americas

Shellfish gatherers

Attested 1500 BCE – 800 CE

Trade route · Americas

Mesoamerican Trade Network

1200 BCE – 1521 CE

Conflict · Americas

Maya City-State Wars

400 BCE – 900 CE

Landmark · Americas

Tierradentro

600 BCE – 900 CE

Polity · Americas

Polynesians

Attested 1000 CE – 1880 CE

Trade route · Americas

Polynesian Eastward Voyaging

700 CE – 1300 CE

Conflict · Americas

Caracol–Naranjo Wars

626 CE – 800 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 800 CE and 1000 CE.

800 CE Mississippian Warfare 800 CE Ciudad Perdida 828 CE Pueblo Bonito 850 CE Chan Chan 850 CE Quilmes Ruins 850 CE Chaco Canyon

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Gyeongju Historic Areas Landmark · East Asia 57 BCE – 935 CE Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Viking North Atlantic Route Trade route · Europe 870 CE – 1400 CE Wars of the Kievan Rus' Conflict · Europe 860 CE – 1240 CE Charlemagne Figure · Frankish Empire 742 CE – 814 CE Temples of Bagan Landmark · South Asia 849 CE – still standing
Image credits3 pictures from Wikimedia Commons