Mixtec-Zapotec Conflict

Name: Mixtec-Zapotec Conflict
Start: 1190
End: 1199

Type Event Region North America Time 1190–1199

In the late 12th century, Mixtec and Zapotec polities in Mexico's Oaxaca Valley contested territory fiercely after the decline of Monte Albán's tradi…

Timeline

1190–1195Monte Albán · OaxacaThe Zapotec traditional capital Monte Albán had lost its capacity for regional integration, and surrounding Mixtec and Zapotec local polities competed for resources and trade routes between the valley and the Mixteca highlands.
1195–1199Mixteca highlands · MixtecaThrough marriage and force, the Mixtec warrior class gained control of more valley settlements; Zapotec polities organized defenses around new centers such as Yaltepec, and Oaxaca's political landscape took on a pattern of polycentric competition.

Sources

The Mixtecs: Ancient Peoples of Southern Mexico — John Pohl (2002)