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Postclassic Maya Political Reorganization (1405)

Type Event Region North America Time 1400–1410

In the early 15th century, Maya city-states on the Yucatan Peninsula and the Peten Lowlands continued a pattern of alliance and rivalry;…

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  1. 1400–1405Mayapan · Yucatan StateThe Cocom family, with Mayapan as league leader, renegotiated tribute and military obligations with vassal city-states (such as successor powers of Uxmal and Chichen Itza), showing signs of loosening league cohesion.
  2. 1405–1410Northern coast of Yucatan · Yucatan StateCoastal ports participated in the Caribbean-Gulf of Mexico trade network; the circulation of salt, cotton cloth, and cocoa enhanced the economic autonomy of some coastal settlements, weakening the inland league leader's control over peripheral city-states.
  3. 1405–1410Peten Lowlands · Peten DepartmentPostclassic city-states such as Tayasal maintained independent polities in Peten, coexisting in parallel with the Yucatan Peninsula's league system; regional politics showed multi-centered, low-integration characteristics.

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