Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche' has mentioned 'Copán' in the following places:
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[58] Quiriguxc3xa1 traditionally had been a vassal of its southern neighbour Copxc3xa1n, and in 724 Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil, king of Copxc3xa1n, installed K'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaat upon Quiriguxc3xa1's throne as his vassal. | WIKI |
[59] By 734 K'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaat had shown that he was no longer an obedient subordinate of Copxc3xa1n when he started to refer to himself as k'ul ahaw, holy lord, instead of using the lesser term ahaw, subordinate lord; at the same time he began to use his own Quiriguxc3xa1 emblem glyph. | WIKI |
In 736, only two years later, K'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaat received a visit from Wamaw K'awiil of Calakmul, while Copxc3xa1n was one of Tikal's oldest allies. | WIKI |
The timing of this visit by the king of Calakmul is highly significant, falling between the accession of K'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaat to the throne of Quiriguxc3xa1 as a vassal of Copxc3xa1n and the outright rebellion that was to follow. | WIKI |
[62] In 738 K'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaat captured the powerful but elderly king of Copxc3xa1n, Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil. | WIKI |
[63] An inscription at Quiriguxc3xa1, although difficult to interpret, suggests that the capture took place on 27 April 738, when Quiriguxc3xa1 seized and burned the wooden images of Copxc3xa1n's patron deities. | WIKI |
The fact that Copxc3xa1n, a much more powerful city than Quiriguxc3xa1, failed to retaliate against its former vassal implies that it feared the military intervention of Calakmul. | WIKI |
Calakmul itself was far enough away from Quiriguxc3xa1 that K'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaat was not afraid of falling directly under its power as a full vassal state, even though it is likely that Calakmul sent warriors to help in the defeat of Copxc3xa1n. | WIKI |