Mayapan

Timeline

1. c. 1200–1250Mayapan · Yucatán PeninsulaAfter Chichén Itzá's political influence waned, Mayapan's population and ceremonial architecture expanded, a ring wall began to enclose the core area, and it gradually became the new power and tribute hub of the northern Yucatán.
2. c. 1250–1400Mayapan · Yucatán PeninsulaAs capital of the Mayapan League, the city gathered thousands of dwellings, Kukulcan-style pyramids, and colonnaded halls. Noble families such as the Cocom and subordinate city-states maintained order in the northern peninsula through joint rule, intermarriage, and tribute, and controlled salt and coastal trade.
3. c. 1400–1441Mayapan · Yucatán PeninsulaTextual traditions hold that the Cocom family brought in Mexican mercenary warriors and monopolized power, deepening resentment among nobles such as the Xiu. Factional conflict within the city laid the groundwork for its later destruction.
4. c. 1441–1450Mayapan · Yucatán PeninsulaThe Xiu joined with other families in uprising, the Cocom rulers were killed, and the city was burned and largely abandoned. Yucatán politics fragmented into many independent city-states until the Spanish conquest.