Kaan dynasty

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The Kaan dynasty was a powerful ancient Maya royal lineage, often linked to the Snake Kingdom, that rivaled Tikal for political dominance in the Classic period.

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Label Occurrences
Kaan dynasty canonical 4

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya royal dynasty ⓘ
ancient Maya political entity ⓘ
ruling lineage ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence hieroglyphic stairways at allied sites ⓘ
stelae at Calakmul ⓘ
associatedSite Calakmul ⓘ
Cancuen ⓘ
linked to: Cancuén

Caracol ⓘ
Dos Pilas ⓘ
Dzibanche ⓘ
linked to: Dzibanché

La Corona ⓘ
Moral-Reforma ⓘ
Naranjo ⓘ
associatedWithGlyph snake head emblem glyph ⓘ
culture Maya civilization ⓘ
decline Late Classic period ⓘ
emblemGlyph snake head sign ⓘ
evidenceSource epigraphic decipherment of Maya inscriptions ⓘ
geographicLocation present-day Campeche, Mexico (Calakmul area) ⓘ
governedBy ajaw (holy lord) ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Snake Kingdom dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Snake dynasty

Snake dynasty ⓘ
historicalStatus one of the most powerful Classic Maya dynasties ⓘ
inferredEarlyCapital Dzibanche ⓘ
linked to: Dzibanché
knownFor diplomatic alliances ⓘ
long-distance political influence ⓘ
military expansion ⓘ
monumental inscriptions ⓘ
vassal network ⓘ
language Classic Maya language (Chʼolan branch, inferred) ⓘ
laterCapital Calakmul ⓘ
notableRivalry Tikal–Calakmul rivalry ⓘ
politicalCenter Calakmul ⓘ
politicalRival Tikal ⓘ
politicalRole hegemonic power in parts of the Maya lowlands ⓘ
politicalStrategy installation of client kings in other cities ⓘ
marriage alliances with other royal houses ⓘ
warfare against rival polities ⓘ
politicalStructure divine kingship ⓘ
region Lowland Maya area ⓘ
religion Maya religion ⓘ
rivalryCharacterizedBy alternating periods of warfare and alliance with Tikal ⓘ
sphereOfInfluence Petén region ⓘ
linked to: Petén

central lowland Maya cities ⓘ
southern lowland Maya cities ⓘ
timePeriod Classic period of Maya civilization ⓘ
writingSystem Maya hieroglyphic script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Structure I → associatedWith → Kaan dynasty ⓘ
Snake dynasty → hasAlternativeName → Kaan dynasty ⓘ
Kaanul dynasty → hasAlternativeName → Kaan dynasty ⓘ