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Conflict Americas

Tikal–Calakmul Superpower Wars

537 CE – 743 CE · 206 years

A multi-generational rivalry between the two Classic Maya superpowers, fought through proxy kingdoms across the central lowlands until Tikal's resurgent victories in the 8th century.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Tikal (Mutal dynasty)
  • Calakmul (Kaan/Snake dynasty)
  • Caracol (Calakmul ally)
  • Dos Pilas (Calakmul ally)

Key moments

Defining events in the Tikal–Calakmul Superpower Wars.

  1. 562 CE Caracol defeats Tikal
  2. 679 CE Dos Pilas defeats Tikal
  3. 695 CE Tikal defeats Calakmul at the Battle of 695

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

Chichen Itza

600 CE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Monte Albán

Attested 323 BCE – 700 CE

Trade route · Americas

Polynesian Eastward Voyaging

700 CE – 1300 CE

Conflict · Americas

Wari Imperial Expansion

600 CE – 1000 CE

Landmark · Americas

Mesa Verde

600 CE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Tiahuanaco Empire

Attested 600 CE – 1200 CE

Trade route · Americas

Voyage to Hawai'i

700 CE – 1300 CE

Conflict · Americas

Caracol–Naranjo Wars

626 CE – 800 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 537 CE and 743 CE.

600 CE Chichen Itza 600 CE Mesa Verde 600 CE Cahokia Mounds 600 CE Joya de Cerén 537 CE Hagia Sophia 548 CE St. Catherine's Monastery & Mount Sinai

And in the rest of the world

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

Timgad Landmark · Europe 100 CE – 700 CE Simhala Polity · South Asia 500 BCE – 700 CE Chinese Grand Canal Trade route · East Asia 600 CE Goguryeo–Sui Wars Conflict · East Asia 598 CE – 614 CE Muhammad Figure · Arabian Peninsula 570 CE – 632 CE Ellora Caves Landmark · South Asia 600 CE – still standing
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