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Teotihuacan Entrada into the Maya Lowlands

378 CE

On 16 January 378 CE the Teotihuacan general Siyaj K'ak' arrived at Tikal; the same day the Tikal king Chak Tok Ich'aak I died, and a new Teotihuacan-backed dynasty was installed, reshaping Classic Maya politics.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Teotihuacan (Siyaj K'ak')
  • Tikal (Chak Tok Ich'aak I)

Key moments

Defining events in the Teotihuacan Entrada into the Maya Lowlands.

  1. January 378 CE Arrival at Waka' (El Peru)
  2. 16 January 378 CE Arrival at Tikal

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.

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Landmark · Americas

Grand Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Maya chiefdoms and states

2000 BCE – 1521 CE

Trade route · Americas

Mesoamerican Trade Network

1200 BCE – 1521 CE

Conflict · Americas

Maya City-State Wars

400 BCE – 900 CE

Landmark · Americas

Mammoth Cave

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Monte Albán

Attested 323 BCE – 700 CE

Conflict · Americas

Monte Albán Zapotec Conquest State

200 BCE – 500 CE

Landmark · Americas

Hawaii Volcanoes

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 378 CE and 378 CE.

378 CE Battle of Adrianople

And in the rest of the world

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

Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing Meroe Polity · Middle East 500 BCE – 400 CE Amber Road Trade route · Europe 1000 BCE – 400 CE Fall of the Western Roman Empire Conflict · Europe 376 CE – 476 CE Plitvice Lakes Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing Hindu kingdoms Polity · South Asia 500 BCE – 1715 CE
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