Tikal

Type Object Region Guatemala Time c. 200–900

Tikal was one of the most powerful Maya lowland city-states of 1–500 CE, in the jungle of Guatemala's Petén, rivaling Calakmul for regional dominance.

Timeline

c. 200–300Tikal · Petén DepartmentThe city built early temples and palaces around the Great Plaza and began erecting dated stelae, establishing the Tikal dynasty's regional influence in the Petén basin.
378–450Tikal · Petén DepartmentAn inscription records the intervention of "Smoking Frog" (Siyaj K'ak') in Tikal's succession in 378 CE, showing close political ties with Teotihuacan; thereafter Tikal's military conquests of neighboring city-states intensified.
c. 450–500Tikal · Petén DepartmentLandmark structures such as the Great Pyramid (Temple I) were completed in succession, and the city's population and craft industry reached their zenith for the period; the long war with Calakmul shaped the political landscape of the entire Maya lowlands.

Sources

Tikal: An Illustrated History of the Ancient Maya Capital — John Montgomery (2001)
Tikal https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/64/