San Juan and San Pedro Mártir, as well as the north-south terrestrial route linking southern Campeche to central Petén. For a time-span of about 700 years, the kings of El Perú-Waka’ transformed their city into an impressive urban and economic center with a population that ran into the thousands, both in the Early Classic and the Late Classic. They also left evidence of their vassalage to great foreign kings such as Sihyaj K’ahk’ of Tikal and Yuknoom Ch’een the Great of Calakmul. El Perú-Waka’ controlled a vast and strategic territory for the two most powerful Classic Maya kingdoms. El Perú-Waka’ had intense interactions with their neighbors, in a dynamic historical mosaic, which, thanks to the archaeological investigations and epigraphic decipherment of their monuments, today I have had the honor to share with you all.
San Juan and San Pedro Mártir, as well as the north-south terrestrial route linking southern Campeche to central Petén. For a time-span of about 700 years, the kings of El Perú-Waka’ transformed their city into an impressive urban and economic center with a population that ran into the thousands, both in the Early Classic and the Late Classic. They also left evidence of their vassalage to great foreign kings such as Sihyaj K’ahk’ of Tikal and Yuknoom Ch’een the Great of Calakmul. El Perú-Waka’ controlled a vast and strategic territory for the two most powerful Classic Maya kingdoms. El Perú-Waka’ had intense interactions with their neighbors, in a dynamic historical mosaic, which, thanks to the archaeological investigations and epigraphic decipherment of their monuments, today I have had the honor to share with you all.
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