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Calakmul's Stela 88 stands upon the stairway of Structure 13. Calakmul is a modern name; according to Cyrus L. Lundell, who named the site, in Maya, ca means "two", lak means "adjacent", and mul signifies any artificial mound or pyramid, so Calakmul is the "City of the Two Adjacent Pyramids". [2]
A second victory by Calakmul occurred some twelve years later, in 611, under the government of Aj Ne' Yohl Mat, son of Yohl Iknal. In this occasion, the king of Calakmul entered Palenque in person, consolidating a significant military disaster, which was followed by an epoch of political disorder. Aj Ne' Yohl Mat was to die in 612.
Moral Reforma was an important river port that controlled commercial traffic on the San Pedro Mártir River between El Petén and the Gulf of Mexico coast. Because of this, it was highly coveted and fought wars with Calakmul, Tikal, Palenque and Piedras Negras, by whom it was dominated at different times.
During his reign (4 April 611), Palenque was invaded by Calakmul. Sak Kʼukʼ (Muwaan Mat; Lady Beastie)? Palenque Daughter of Janahb Pakal I and Yohl Ikʼnal? 20 October 612 (9.8.19.7.18) 27 July 615 (9.9.2.4.8) 10 September 640 (9.10.7.13.5) Palenque: Kʼan Moʼ Hix one or two children Abdicated to her son. [40] Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I the ...
Calakmul practised a tradition that was unusual in the Maya area, that of raising twin stelae depicting both the king and his wife. [ 7 ] The iconography of stelae remained reasonably stable during the Classic Period, since the effectiveness of the propaganda message of the monument relied upon its symbolism being clearly recognisable to the ...
Pakal's birth came during a particularly turbulent time in Palenque's history. Palenque had been sacked by the powerful Maya state of Calakmul just four years earlier, and another catastrophic attack was led by Calakmul ajaw Scroll Serpent during Pakal's early childhood in 611.
Yohl Ikʼnal was a grandmother or great-grandmother of Kʼinich Janaab Pakal I, Palenque's greatest king. [2] She was a descendant of Kʼukʼ Bahlam I, the founder of the Palenque dynasty and she came to power within a year of the death of her predecessor, Kan Bahlam I. [3] Kʼinich Janaab Pakal I, grandson or great-grandson of Yohl Ikʼnal
Tikal's great rival was Calakmul, another powerful city in the Petén Basin. [48] In the southeast, Copán was the most important city. [48] Palenque and Yaxchilán were the most powerful cities in the Usumacinta region. [48] In the north of the Maya area, Coba was the most important Maya capital. [13]