Question
City centres of this civilisation included Caracol, initially a client state of Tikal. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this Mesoamerican civilisation centred in modern-day Guatemala, Belize, and surrounding regions. This civilisation most notably used the Long Count calendar.
ANSWER: Maya civilisation [or Mayans]
[10h] Uaxaclajuun (“wah-shah-cla-HOON”) Ubʼaah Kʼawiil, or “Eighteen Rabbit”, ruled this major southeastern Mayan city. A coup staged against him by Quiriguá caused a reduction in this city’s monument-building for several years.
ANSWER: Copán
[10m] A dynastic lineage for the rulers of Copán is found on a rectangular stone one of these objects designated “Q”, created during Yax (“yash”) Pac’s reign. Since he died at the old age of 90, that one of these objects identified Smoke Imix (“smoke im-ISH”) by age rather than name.
ANSWER: altars [accept Altar Q]
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