Question
The archaeologist Linda Schele (“SHEE-lee”) popularized the association of warfare events with a glyph that combines one of these objects with a shell. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name these celestial objects whose “wars” name Mayan conflicts. The planet Venus was often referred to as the “morning” or “evening” one of these objects.
ANSWER: stars [or ek’; accept star wars; accept Morning Star or Evening Star]
[10m] This city lost the first recorded “star war” in 562 CE to its main rival, beginning a namesake hiatus. This city later fought a cold war against that rival, Calakmul (“kah-lahk-MOOL”), using vassal cities it controlled in Guatemala’s Petén (“peh-TEN”) basin.
ANSWER: Tikal (“tih-KAHL”) [or Yax Mutal or Yax Mutul or First Mutal]
[10h] Altar 21 in this city, which was initially a vassal of Tikal before changing sides, records the 562 defeat of Tikal by Calakmul. The Hieroglyphic Stairway at Naranjo (“na-RAHN-ho”) records the reign of this city’s ruler K’an II.
ANSWER: Caracol
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Summary
| California | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Florida | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | 2025-02-01 | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| North | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| Overflow | 2025-02-01 | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
| Pacific Northwest | 2025-02-01 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| South Central | 2025-02-01 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Southeast | 2025-02-01 | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| UK | 2025-02-01 | Y | 10 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | Y | 8 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| Upstate NY | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
Data
| Florida B | Florida A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| UCF C | Florida State A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Valencia A | UCF B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |